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Return to Naval Historical Center homepageVixen
A female fox.
II
(Brig: a. 14 guns)
The second Vixen was purchased by the Navy at Savannah, Ga., in 1813. She was captured at sea by the frigate HMS Bclvidera on 25 December 1813 while sailing from Wilmington, N.C., to Newcastle, Del., without her armament or stores.