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==Ships== *{{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 a 14-gun ship captured in 1658 and expended as a fireship in 1666. *{{HMS|Fox|1690}} was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1690 and expended in 1692 at [[Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue|La Hougue]]. *{{HMS|Fox|1699}} was a 6-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched in 1699 and wrecked later that year. *{{HMS|Fox|1705|6}} was a 24-gun [[sixth rate]] captured in 1705 and wrecked the following year. *[[HMS Nightingale (1702)|HMS ''Fox'']] was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1702 as {{HMS|Nightingale|1702|6}}. She was captured by the French in 1707, was recaptured later that year and renamed HMS ''Fox'', rebuilt in 1727 and broken up in 1737. *{{HMS|Fox|1740}} was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and foundered in 1745. *{{HMS|Fox|1746}} was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and foundered in a [[hurricane]] in 1751. *{{HMS|Fox|1766}} was an 8-gun [[ketch]] launched in 1766, and still in the records in 1772. *{{HMS|Fox|1773}} was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773, captured by the Americans in 1777, recaptured a month later, then captured by the French in 1778. She ran aground in March 1779 on Pointe St Jacques on [[Rhuys Peninsula]] and could not be refloated. *{{HMS|Fox|1780}} was a 32-gun [[fifth rate]] launched in 1780 and broken up in 1816. *HM [[hired armed vessels|hired armed]] [[Cutter (ship)|cutter]] {{ship|Hired armed cutter|Fox||2}}, of twelve 9-pounder guns, was hired on 27 March 1793 and sunk in action at the [[Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=387}} *{{HMS|Fox|1799}} was a 14-gun [[schooner]] purchased in 1799 and wrecked later that year off [[Dog Island (Florida)|Dog Island]], [[Apalachee Bay]], [[Florida]]. There were no lives lost despite the fact that the crew had to wait for 33 days with little food and water before they were rescued.{{sfnp|Grocott|1997|p=78}} *{{HMS|Fox|1829}} was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1829, converted to a [[screw frigate]] in 1856, and broken up in 1882. *{{HMS|Fox|1893}} was an {{sclass|Astraea|cruiser|0}} [[second class cruiser]] launched in 1893 and sold in 1920. *{{HMS|Fox|A320}} was a [[survey vessel]] launched in 1967 and sold in 1989.
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