HMS Antigua

Last updated March 07, 2025

HMS Antigua has been the name of five ships of the Royal Navy, named after the Caribbean island of Antigua:

HMS Antigua (1757) was a 14-gun brig-sloop that had formerly served as a privateer. She was purchased in 1757 and sold in 1763.
HMS Antigua (1779) was a 14-gun sloop that entered service in 1779 and was sold in 1782.
HMS Antigua (1780) was a brig that entered service in 1780 and that the French captured in May 1781.^[1] She was under the command of Lieutenant John Hutt.^[2]
HMS Antigua (1804) was the former French privateer Egyptienne. Captured in 1804, she served as a prison ship until scrapped in 1816.
HMS Antigua (K501) was a Colony-class frigate laid down as the United States Navy Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hamond (PF-73). She was launched in 1943, and delivered to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in 1944. She was returned to the United States Navy in 1946 and scrapped in 1947.

Citations

↑ Demerliac (1996), p.147, #1233.
↑ Hepper (1994), p. 63.

References

Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3

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[1] Demerliac (1996), p.147, #1233.

[2] Hepper (1994), p. 63.

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