Career (United Kingdom) | |
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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]