American schooner 'Vixen' (1803)

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Vixen
Nominal Guns	12	DANFS
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	United States Navy
Ordered	28.2.1803	DANFS
Launched	25.6.1803	DANFS
How acquired	Purpose built	DANFS
Shipyard	Baltimore - Maryland	DANFS
Category	Unrated	DANFS
Ship Type	Schooner	DANFS
Captured	22.11.1812	DANFS

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDANFS
Length of Gundeck83' 6"Imperial Feet25.3492
Breadth23' 7"Imperial Feet7.0697
Depth in Hold9' 6"Imperial Feet2.8956

Armament

25.6.1806Broadside Weight = 108 Imperial Pound ( 48.978 kg)DANFS
Gun Deck12 American 18 Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.1803111 DANFS

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1803 - 1804Lieutenant CommandantB0521812 - 28.8.1812Master Commandant†E-WIKI28.8.1812 - 22.11.1812LieutenantE-WIKI

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1803 - 1804LieutenantB0522.6.1803 - 1804LieutenantB052

5 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1803 - 1804PurserB0521803 - 1804SurgeonB05213.6.1803 - 1803Gunnerref:114720.6.1803 - 1804BoatswainB05224.6.1803 - 1804MasterB052

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1803 - 1805MidshipmanW0532.5.1803 - 1804MidshipmanB05229.6.1803 - 1804MidshipmanB05230.6.1803 - 1804MidshipmanB052

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1804 - 17.8.1804Seaman†ref:18521804 - 17.8.1804Seaman†ref:1852

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1804Refitted as a 12 gun Unrated Brig
22.11.1812Taken by

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1803-1804	American Mediterranean Squadron 1803-1804	Edward PrebleAmerican Naval Sailor Service 1761-1807
1804-1805	American Mediterranean Squadron 1804-1805	Samuel BarronAmerican Naval Sailor Service 1749-1810
1805-1806	American Mediterranean Squadron 1805-1806	John RodgersAmerican Naval Sailor Service 1798-1837

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B052Gardner Weld Allen, Book

DANFSUnknown, Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

W053Various, Web Site

ref:1147 Book

ref:1852 Book

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