HMS Antigua (1757)

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Career (United Kingdom) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Antigua
Namesake: Antigua, an island in the West Indies
Acquired: 4 June 1757
Fate: Sold 13 August 1763
General characteristics
Type: Brig-sloop
Displacement: 157 tons builder's measurement
Length: 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Armament: 14 guns

The first HMS Antigua was a 14-gun brig-sloop that served in the British Royal Navy from 1757 to 1763.

Antigua had served as a privateer before the Royal Navy purchased her on 4 June 1757. She was sold in the West Indies on 13 August 1763.[1]

References

  1. Colledge, p. 34
  • Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87021-652-X.