HMS Fox (1740)
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hms-fox-1740-263-3804296
title:
HMS Fox (1740)
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HMS Fox was a 20-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was constructed at Rotherhithe by John Buxton senior, and launched in 1740. Fox was part of the 1733 Establishment built in response to the upcoming War of the Austrian Succession and spent the majority of her career patrolling for privateers and smaller hostile craft, and protecting convoys. She was active during the Jacobite rising of 1745, contributing troops at the Battle of Prestonpans and protecting the advancing army and suppl
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20-gun frigate of the Royal Navy lost in a gale in 1745
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fox_(1740)
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2023-07-25T07:52:22Z
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