HMS_Preston_(1653)

HMS <i>Antelope</i> (1653)

HMS Antelope (1653)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Antelope.

The Preston was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woodbridge, and launched in 1653.[1]

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After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to Antelope. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns.[1]

In 1681 James Story, captain of Antelope, conducted a census of the Avalon colony (now Ferryland, Newfoundland) and on 1 September 1681, wrote An Account of what fishing Ships, Sack Ships, Planters and Boatkeepers from Trepassey to Bonavista...

Antelope was sold out of the navy in 1693.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p160.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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