Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Fox, after the fox

Fox

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Ships was a 22-gun ship captured from the French in 1650 and expended as a fireship in 1656. was a 14-gun ship captured in 1658 and expended as a fireship in 1666. was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1690 and expended in 1692 at La Hougue

Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue

The related naval battles of Barfleur and La Hogue took place between 29 May and 4 June New Style , 1692 ....

. was a 6-gun sloop

Sloop

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 launched in 1699 and wrecked later that year. was a 24-gun sixth rate captured in 1705 and wrecked the following year.

• HMS Fox was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1702 as . She was captured by the French in 1702, was recaptured later that year and renamed HMS Fox, rebuilt in 1727 and broken up in 1737. was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and foundered in 1745. was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and foundered in a hurricane in 1751. was an 8-gun ketch
  Ketch
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   launched in 1766, and still in the records in 1772. 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. was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and broken up in 1816. was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1794 and sunk in action in 1797. was a 14-gun schooner
  Schooner
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   purchased in 1799 and wrecked later that year off Dog Island Apalachee Bay
  Apalachee Bay
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  , Florida
  Florida
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  . was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1829, converted to a screw frigate
  Screw frigate
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   in 1856, and broken up in 1882. was an Astraea class second class cruiser launched in 1893 and sold in 1920. was a survey vessel
  Survey vessel
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   launched in 1967 and sold in 1989.

Shore establishments was the Navy's base at Lerwick

Lerwick

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, Shetland between 1939 and 1945.

• • HMS Fox II was the Coastal Forces
    Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy
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    Base at Lerwick between 1942 and 1944.