HMS Antigua (1779)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Antigua.

Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	HMS Antigua
Namesake:	Antigua, an island in the West Indies
In service:	August 1779
Fate:	Sold 12 January 1792
General characteristics
Type:	Sloop
Armament:	14 guns

The second HMS Antigua was a 14-gun sloop that served in the British Royal Navy from 1779 to 1792. In contemporary records she is sometimes referred to as "His Majesty's armed brig Antigua".

Between 1780 and 1782 she was under the command of Lieutenant Robert Barton,^[1] and captured several prizes.

At some point she captured the American privateer Nancy.^[2]
On 25 December 1780 she captured two Dutch ships, the Vrouw Elizabeth and Stad Workum.^[3]
On 9 August 1781 she retook the French privateer Defiance.^[4]
On 23 December 1781 she was in company with Squirrel, Dunkirk, and Cambridge at the capture of the Dutch ship De Vrow Esther.^[5]

Antigua was in service in August 1789. She was sold on 12 January 1792.^[6]

References

Citations

^ "NMM, vessel ID 380007". Warship Histories, vol v. National Maritime Museum. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_v.pdf. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
^ London Gazette: no. 12150. p. 3. 2 January 1781.
^ London Gazette: no. 12394. p. 4. 3 December 1782.
^ London Gazette: no. 12436. pp. 3–4. 29 April 1783.
^ London Gazette: no. 12678. p. 410. 30 August 1785.
^ Colledge, p. 34

Bibliography

Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87021-652-X.

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