HMS Antelope (1893)

	HMS Antelope in the River Avon, Bristol, circa 1908.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Antelope
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	21 October 1889
Launched	12 July 1893
Commissioned	18 July 1894
Fate	Sold for breaking on 27 May 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Alarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement	810 tons
Length	242 ft (74 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) maximum
Installed power	3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 × 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Locomotive boilers; Twin screws;
Speed	18.7 kn (34.6 km/h)
Complement	91
Armament	1 × bow 18-inch torpedo tube; 2 × revolving 18-inch torpedo tubes; 2 × QF 4.7-inch (12 cm) guns; 4 × 3-pounder guns; 1 × Gardner machine gun;

HMS Antelope was a Royal Navy Alarm-class torpedo gunboat. She was launched in 1893, reduced to harbour service from 1910 and was sold for scrapping in 1919.

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