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USS Vixen (1813)

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Name
  
USS Vixen

Propulsion
  
Sail

Type
  
Brig

Armament
  
14 guns

Acquired
  
1813 by purchase at Savannah, Georgia

Fate
  
Captured 25 December 1813

USS Vixen was a brig in commission in the United States Navy in 1813.

Vixen was purchased by the U.S. Navy at Savannah, Georgia in 1813. She was captured at sea by the Royal Navy frigate HMS Belvidera on 25 December 1813 while sailing from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Newcastle, Delaware without her armament or stores.

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USS Vixen (1813) Wikipedia