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...
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been named HMS Fox, after the fox. HMS Fox (1650) was a 22-gun ship captured from the French in 1650 and expended as a fireship in 1656. HMS Fox (1658) was...
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28-gun sixth rates 1773–87; 27 ships, designed by John Williams HMS Siren 1773 – wrecked on the coast of Connecticut 1777 HMS Fox 1773 – taken by USS Hancock...
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breakwater at Harwich in 1773. HMS Nightingale (1805) was a 16-gun Seagull-class brig sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1815. HMS Nightingale (1825) was...
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24-gun HMS Fox. He commanded her until 1742, during which time he captured a 10-gun Spanish privateer named Justa Resina. He next commanded HMS Torrington...
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HMS Terror was a specialised warship and a newly developed bomb vessel constructed for the Royal Navy in 1813. She participated in several battles of...
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HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales, in 1826. The vessel was the second in the Royal Navy...
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Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections...
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HMS Resolute was a mid-19th-century barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy, specially outfitted for Arctic exploration. Resolute became trapped...
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HMS Assistance was an Arctic discovery barque of the Royal Navy, and the sixth vessel to carry the name. She began in 1834 as the India-built merchant...
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