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Five ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Vixen''''', the term for a female [[Fox]]: |
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*{{HMS|Vixen|1801|6}} was a 14-gun [[brig|gun-brig]] launched in 1801 and sold in 1815. |
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*{{HMS|Vixen|1841|6}} was a wood paddle [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched in 1841 and sold in 1862. |
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*{{HMS|Vixen|1865|6}} was an armoured composite [[gunboat]] launched in 1865 and ordered to be broken up in 1895. |
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*{{HMS|Vixen|1900|6}} was a [[destroyer]] launched in 1900, reclassified as a [[C class destroyer (1913)|C class]] destroyer in 1913 and sold in 1921. |
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*{{HMS|Vixen|R64|6}} was a [[V and W class destroyer|V class]] destroyer launched in 1943. She was transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1944 and renamed {{HMCS|Sioux|R64|6}}. She was converted into a [[frigate]] in 1959 and was broken up in 1965. |
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[[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Vixen]] |
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Revision as of 12:04, 8 September 2008
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vixen, the term for a female Fox:
- HMS Vixen was a 14-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and sold in 1815.
- HMS Vixen was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1841 and sold in 1862.
- HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat launched in 1865 and ordered to be broken up in 1895.
- HMS Vixen was a destroyer launched in 1900, reclassified as a C class destroyer in 1913 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Vixen was a V class destroyer launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 and renamed HMCS Sioux. She was converted into a frigate in 1959 and was broken up in 1965.
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