HMS Antelope (F170)

	HMS Antelope at San Carlos Water on 23 May 1982
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Antelope
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down	23 March 1971
Launched	16 March 1972
Commissioned	19 July 1975
Motto	"Audax et vigilans"
Fate	Sunk 23 May 1982
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 21 frigate
Displacement	3,250 tons full load
Length	384 feet (117 metres)
Beam	41+3⁄4 feet (12.7 metres)
Draught	19+1⁄2 feet (5.9 metres)
Propulsion	2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus; 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph); 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Complement	177 crew
Armament	1 × 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 1 × quadruple Sea Cat missiles; 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes; 2 × Corvus Chaff launchers; 1 × Type 182 towed decoy;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp; 1 × Westland Lynx (refitted);

HMS Antelope was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy that participated in the Falklands War and was sunk by Argentine aircraft.

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