HMS Antigua (1757)
| History | |
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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]
The Antigua captured a 10-gun French privateer in the Atlantic in June 1758 after a battle that lasted for several hours. The prize was brought into Philadelphia harbor.[2]
References
- 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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