Neapolitan gunboat 'Volpe' (1806)
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Volpe
12885
Nominal Guns
1
Nationality
Kingdom of Naples
Operator
State Navy
Acquired
1806
Shipyard
Unknown
Category
Unrated
Ship Type
Gunboat
Captured
26.6.1808
Service History
Date
Event
Source
26.6.1808
Taken by the boats of
Standard (64)
1782-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
, (64) and
Active (38)
1799-1860
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1833 Renamed "Argo"
, (32) off Corfu
BWAS-1714
26.6.1808
Taken by
Standard (64)
1782-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
off Corfu
26.6.1808
Taken by
Active (38)
1799-1860
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1833 Renamed "Argo"
off Corfu
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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