HMS Fox (1780)

Fox was sent to the Caribbean in late 1781 and in January the following year under Captain Thomas Windsor captured two Spanish frigates.{{cite book|last1=Southey|first1=Thomas|title=Chronological History of the West Indies: In Three Volumes, Volume 2|date=1827|publisher=Longman|page=540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Fg6AAAAcAAJ&dq=0ahUKEwjZ45Db27HaAhVHPFAKHUmhAGwQ6AEIKzAA&pg=PA540}} In March 1783 under Captain George Stoney captured the Spanish frigate Santa Catalina.{{cite book |last=Beatson |title=Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain|page=533}}

Fox was at Plymouth on 20 January 1795 and so shared in the proceeds of the detention of the Dutch naval vessels, East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.{{London Gazette|date=15 September 1801|issue=15407|page=1145}}

In March 1797, near Visakhapatnam, Fox captured the French privateer Modeste, under Jean-Marie Dutertre.Demerliac, p. 308, no 2898

Took part in the bloodless Raid on Manila in January 1798.

Given that Fox served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March and 2 September 1801, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.

On 12 May 1809, Fox, Commander Henry Hart, brought into Madras, her prize Caravan, Aikin, master. Caravan was the former Cartier, Aikin, master, that the privateer {{ship|French brig|Adèle||6}} had captured in October 1807. Caravan had been carrying stones for building forts, arrack, coffee, and several carriages and bandies.The Asiatic Annual Register Or a View of the History of Hindustan ..., Volume 11 (June 1809), p.103.

From April to June 1812 Fox was at Woolwich Dockyard being refitted as a 16 gun troopship.Winfield, (2008) In September 1814 Fox was in a squadron, with {{HMS|Bedford|1775|2}} as flagship, that carried the advance guard of Major General Keane's army, which was moving to attack New Orleans.{{sfnp|Surtees|2005|p=324}} Under the rules of prize-money, the troopship Fox shared in the proceeds of the capture of the American vessels in the Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December 1814.{{efn|

'Notice is hereby given to the officers and companies of His Majesty's ships

Aetna,

Alceste,

Anaconda,

Armide,

Asia,

Bedford,

Belle Poule,

Borer,

Bucephalus,

Calliope,

Carron,

Cydnus,

Dictator,

{{HMS|Diomede|1798|2}},

Dover,

Fox,

Gorgon,

Herald,

Hydra,

Meteor,

Norge,

Nymphe,

Pigmy,

Ramillies,

Royal Oak,

Seahorse,

Shelburne,

Sophie,

{{HMS|Thames|1805|2}},

Thistle,

Tonnant,

Trave,

Volcano,

and Weser,

that they will be paid their respective proportions of prize money.'

{{London Gazette|page=1561|issue=17730|date=28 July 1821}}}}

Fox was broken up in April 1816.

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