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Eleven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Antelope''''', after the [[Antelope]]:

* {{ship|English ship|Antelope|1546}} was a [[galleass]] carrying between 38 and 44 guns. She was launched in 1546, rebuilt three times and was burned by parliamentarian sailors at [[Hellevoetsluis]] in 1649.
* {{ship|English ship|Antelope|1652}} was a 56-gun [[third-rate]] [[Frigate#Origins|great frigate]] launched in 1652 and wrecked later that year
*{{HMS|Antelope|1660}} was a 40-gun [[fourth-rate]] frigate launched in 1653 as ''Preston'' and renamed in 1660. She was sold in 1693.
*{{HMS|Antelope|1703}} was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703. She was rebuilt in 1741 and was sold in 1783.
*{{HMS|Antelope|1784}} was a 14-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] purchased in 1784, and lost in a hurricane later that year.
*{{HMS|Antelope|1802}} was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used as a [[troopship]] from 1818, was placed on harbour service from 1824 and was broken up in 1845.
*HMS ''Antelope'' was a 14-gun [[schooner]], the ex-Spanish prize ''Antelope'' captured and purchased in 1808 and taken into service as {{HMS|Firefly|1808|6}}. She was later renamed to ''Antelope'', and was broken up in 1814.
*{{HMS|Antelope|1846}} was an {{sclass|Antelope|sloop|0}} iron paddle sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1883.
*{{HMS|Antelope|1893}} was an {{sclass|Alarm|torpedo gunboat}} launched in 1893. She was used for harbour service from 1910 and was sold in 1919.
*{{HMS|Antelope|H36}} was an {{sclass2|A|destroyer (1929)|0}} [[destroyer]] launched in 1929 and sold in 1946.
*{{HMS|Antelope|F170}} was a [[Type 21 frigate]] launched in 1972 and bombed and sunk in the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. 

==Battle honours==
Ships named ''Antelope'' have earned the following [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honours]]:
*[[Spanish Armada|Armada]], 1588
*[[Battle of Lowestoft|Lowestoft]], 1665
*[[Four Days' Battle]], 1666
*[[St. James's Day Battle|Orfordness]], 1666
*[[Battle of Solebay|Sole Bay]], 1672
*[[Battle of Cabrita Point|Marbella]], 1705
*''Aquilon'', 1757
*[[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]], 1939−44
*[[Battle of the Denmark Strait|''Bismarck'']], 1941
*[[Malta convoys|Malta Convoys]], 1942
*[[North African Campaign|North Africa]], 1942−43
*[[Falklands War|Falkland Islands]], 1982

==See also==
* {{ship||Antelope|1780 packet ship}} was a 6-gun West Indian [[Post Office Packet Service]] [[packet ship]] that was captured in 1781, 1782, and 1794.
* {{ship|HCS|Antelope|1793}}, a brig of 199 tons ([[builder's Old Measurement|bm]]), and 12-14 guns, was launched at [[Bombay Dockyard]] in 1793 for the Bombay Marine, the British [[East India Company]]'s naval arm. She was sold after 1830.
* ''Antelope'' is a fictitious 18th century [[privateer]] in [[Stan Rogers]]'s song ''[[Barrett's Privateers]]''

==References==
*{{Colledge: Ships RN|year=2006}}

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