| Name: | OXFORD |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 1803 |
| Completed: | 1803 |
| Builder: | |
| Yard: | Howdon Pans |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 393tonsb, 105.0 x 29.0 x ?ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 1803 | Champion & Co, London |
| 05/1804 | British Royal Navy; renamed ALERT |
| 08/1812 | United States Navy |
| 1829 | Unknown owner |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1803: Traded as a collier |
| 05/1804: Purchased for use as a warship for £6805 | |
| 1804: Refitted for naval service at a further cost of £3730 | |
| Armed with 16 x 1 x 18pdr carronades | |
| 13/08/1812: Captured by USS ESSEX off North America |
ALERT being captured by ESSEX. Painting by John Bentham-Dinsdale