HMS Fox (1773)

The capture of HMS Fox by the French frigate Junon
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Fox
Ordered	25 December 1770
Builder	Thomas Raymond, Northam, Southampton
Laid down	May 1771
Launched	2 September 1773
Completed	12 February 1776 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Commissioned	October 1775
Fate	Captured by two American frigates off Newfoundland, 7 June 1777
United States
Name	Fox
Acquired	7 June 1777 by capture
Captured	8 July 1777
Great Britain
Name	HMS Fox
Acquired	8 July 1777 by capture
Captured	11 September 1778
France
Acquired	11 September 1778 by capture
Fate	Grounded March 1779 and could not be refloated
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	599 83⁄94 (bm)
Length	120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall) 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 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.