HMS Antelope (1893)

HMS Antelope in the River Avon, Bristol, circa 1908.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Antelope
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid down21 October 1889[1]
Launched12 July 1893
Commissioned18 July 1894[1]
FateSold for breaking on 27 May 1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeAlarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement810 tons
Length242 ft (74 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) maximum
Installed power3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • Locomotive boilers
  • Twin screws
Speed18.7 kn (34.6 km/h)
Complement91
Armament

HMS Antelope was a Royal Navy Alarm-class torpedo gunboat. She was launched in 1893, reduced to harbour service from 1910 and was sold for scrapping in 1919.

  1. ^ a b c Winfield (2004) p.306.