Antelope (1780 packet)
Antelope was a West Indian packet ship launched in 1780. The French captured her in 1781, 1782, and finally, in 1794. She is most famous for a desperate single-ship action in 1793 when her crew captured a better-armed French privateer with a much larger crew.
Gallant Action between his Majesty's Packet Antelope, & the French Privateer Atalante, Lieutenant Thomas Yates, National Maritime Museum | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Antelope |
| Operator | Post Office Packet Service |
| Builder | Thames |
| Launched | 1780 |
| Fate | Captured 1793 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 190, or 204 (bm) |
| Complement | 27 |
| Armament | 6 x 3-pounder guns |
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