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HMS Antelope

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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:

  • Antelope was a galleass carrying between 38 and 44 guns. She was launched in 1546, rebuilt three times and was burned by parliamentarian sailors at Hellevoetsluis in 1649.
  • Antelope was a 56-gun third-rate great frigate launched in 1651 and wrecked in 1652.
  • HMS Antelope was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1653 as Preston and renamed in 1660. She was sold in 1693.
  • HMS Antelope was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703. She was rebuilt in 1741 and was sold in 1783.
  • HMS Antelope was a 14-gun sloop purchased in 1784, and lost in a hurricane later that year.
  • HMS Antelope was a 14-gun brig launched in 1793 and sold after 1830.
  • HMS Antelope was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used as a troopship from 1818, was placed on harbour service from 1824 and was broken up in 1845.
  • HMS Antelope was a 14-gun schooner, the ex-Spanish prize Firefly. She was purchased in 1808 and broken up in 1814.
  • HMS Antelope was an Antelope-class iron paddle sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1883.
  • HMS Antelope was an Alarm-class torpedo gunboat launched in 1893. She was used for harbour service from 1910 and was sold in 1919.
  • HMS Antelope was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929 and sold in 1946.
  • HMS Antelope was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1972 and bombed and sunk in the Falklands War in 1982.
  • References

    HMS Antelope Wikipedia