English ship Antelope (1651)

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Career (England) Commonwealth Navy Ensign
Name: Antelope
Builder: Woolwich
Launched: 1651
Fate: Wrecked, 1652
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 56-gun third rate great frigate
Tons burthen: 828 long tons (841.3 t)
Length: 120 ft (36.6 m) (keel)
Beam: 36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 56 guns of various weights of shot

Antelope was a 56-gun third rate great frigate of the navy of the Commonwealth of England, launched at Woolwich in 1651.[1]

Antelope was wrecked in 1652.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.