one casualty, a man wounded in the mouth by a splinter. War of 1812 Vixen continued patrolling the Atlantic coast until the outbreak of the War of 1812, at which time she sailed along the southern coast under Master Commandant Christopher Gadsden, Jr., and, after his death on 28 August 1812, under Lt. George Washington Reed, youngest son of General Joseph Reed. During one of her war cruises among the West Indies, Vixen encountered the 32-gun British frigate , under the command of Captain James Lucas Yeo. Southampton chased, intercepted, and captured Vixen on 22 November 1812. Yeo described Vixen as a brig armed with twelve 18-pounder carronades and two 9-pounder guns. She had a crew of 130 men and had been out five weeks but had not captured anything. Fate Both vessels (Southampton and Vixen) were wrecked five days after Vixen's capture on Conception Island in the Bahamas. All the officers and crews survived. Lt. Reed, however, died later of yellow fever in Jamaica before he could be exchanged. List of the known Ports of Call 3 August 1803 - Left Baltimore. 14 September 1803 - Arrived at Gibraltar. 7 October 1803 - Arrived off Tripoli with USS Philadelphia. 28 July 1804 - Closed on Tripolitan coast with USS Argus, USS Constitution, USS Syren, USS Nautilus, USS Enterprise and USS Scourge. Later in August USS John Adams and USS Intrepid joined. Multiple bombardments of Tripoli were initiated in the following weeks. 6 September 1804 - Left Tripoli for Syracuse. 7 September 1804 - Left Syracuse for Tripoli. 16 (or 18) September 1804 - Arrived at Malta. 28 October 1804 - Left Malta for Syracuse. 29 October 1804 - Arrived at Port of Syracuse. 3 November 1804 - Left Syracuse for Messina. 7 November 1804 - Arrived at Port of Syracuse. USS Essex, USS John Adams, USS Argus, USS Constitution and USS Congress were anchored there. 11 November 1804 - Departed to patrol off Tripoli with USS Constellation, USS President and USS Nautilus. 27 November 1804 - Arrived at New Tripoli. Fired a shot on shore. 6 December 1804 - Arrived at Malta. 11 December 1804 - Left Malta to patrol off Tripoli. 29 December 1804 - Arrived at Port of Syracuse. She joined there USS Essex, USS President, USS Constellation and USS Congress. 4 February 1805 - Departed Syracuse. 7 February 1805 - Arrived at Malta. 11 February 1805