HMS Antelope (1784)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Antelope
Acquired: April 1784
Fate: Sunk on 30 July 1784
General characteristics
Class and type: 14-gun brig
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: brig
Armament: 14 guns

HMS Antelope was a 14-gun brig of the Royal Navy.

She was originally a mercantile brig, purchased in April 1784 at Jamaica by Vice-Admiral Gambier and commissioned that year under Lieutenant Robert Causzor. She sank in a hurricane whilst at Jamaica on 30 July 1784.

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