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HMS Antigua (1779)

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Name
  
HMS Antigua

Fate
  
Sold 12 January 1792

Armament
  
14 guns

In service
  
August 1779

Type
  
Sloop

Namesake
  
Antigua, an island in the West Indies

HMS Antigua was a 14-gun sloop that served in the British Royal Navy from 1779 to 1792. In contemporary records she is sometimes referred to as "His Majesty's armed brig Antigua".

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American Revolutionary War

Between 1780 and 1782 she was under the command of Lieutenant Robert Barton, and captured several prizes.

  • At some point she captured the American privateer Nancy.
  • On 25 December 1780 she captured two Dutch ships, the Vrouw Elizabeth and Stad Workum.
  • On 9 August 1781 she retook the French privateer Defiance.
  • On 23 December 1781 she was in company with Squirrel, Dunkirk, and Cambridge at the capture of the Dutch ship De Vrow Esther.
  • On 28 April 1782, Antigua and the cutter Viper brought into Waterford a French privateer lugger and her prize. The prize was a sloop that had been sailing from London to Cork with merchandise when the privateer took her.

    • Antigua was in service in August 1789.

    Fate

    Antigua was sold on 12 January 1792.

    References

    HMS Antigua (1779) Wikipedia
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