Antelope (1807 ship)

History
France
Builder: Nantes
Launched: 1805,[1] or 1804[2]
Fate: Captured c.1807
United Kingdom
Name: Antelope
Owner: LeHou & Co.
Acquired: c.1807 by purchase of a prize
Fate: Sailed 1811 to India to remain
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 267,[3] or 268[1][4] (bm)
Complement:
Armament:
  • 1807:12 × 6&9-pounder guns[3]
  • 1807:2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 18-pounder carronades[5]
  • 1810: 1 × 9-pounder gun + 8 × 18-pounder carronades[3]
  • 1811: 2 × 9-pounder gun + 6 × 18-pounder carronades[1]

Antelope was launched at Nantes in 1805 under another name. She was taken in prize c.1807 and appears in Lloyd's Register in 1807 with Le Pelley, master, Lehou & Co., owner, and trade London–Madeira.[5]

Captain John Le Pelley acquired a letter of marque on 28 August 1807.[3] The size of her crew and the scale of her armament suggests that the intent was to employ her as a privateer. However, Le Pelley acquired a second letter of marque on 4 September 1810 that gave her a crew of only 18 men, rather than the 50 of the prior letter.

Lloyd's Register for 1811 still gives her master's name as J. La Pelley, and her owner as LeHou & Co. Her trade is now London–Guernsey.[1] The Register of Shipping for 1812 gives her master as J. LePelly, her owner as Lirou & Co., and her trade as Plymouth–Newfoundland.[2]

Antelope sailed from London to Bengal in 1811 with dispatches for the British East India Company (EIC) and remained in India.[6][4]

Citations and references

Citations

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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