HMS Fox (1773)

The capture of HMS Fox by the French frigate Junon
History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707–1801)Great Britain
NameHMS Fox
Ordered25 December 1770
BuilderThomas Raymond, Northam, Southampton
Laid downMay 1771
Launched2 September 1773
Completed12 February 1776 at Portsmouth Dockyard
CommissionedOctober 1775
FateCaptured by two American frigates off Newfoundland, 7 June 1777
United States
NameFox
Acquired7 June 1777 by capture
Captured8 July 1777
Royal Navy Ensign (1707–1801)Great Britain
NameHMS Fox
Acquired8 July 1777 by capture
Captured11 September 1778
Royal French EnsignFrance
Acquired11 September 1778 by capture
FateGrounded March 1779 and could not be refloated
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen599 8394 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: nil
  • Also: 12 × swivel guns

HMS Fox was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Fox was first commissioned in October 1775 under the command of Captain Patrick Fotheringham. The Americans captured her in June 1777, only to have the British recapture her about a month later. The French then captured her a little less than a year after that, only to lose her to grounding in 1779, some six months later.