HMS Antelope (1703)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Antelope
Builder	Taylor, Rotherhithe
Launched	13 March 1703
Fate	Sold out of the service, 30 October 1783
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	68480⁄94 (bm)
Length	131 ft 5 in (40.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam	34 ft 4+1⁄2 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	86044⁄94 (bm)
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18-pounders Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pounders Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Antelope was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Rotherhithe on 13 March 1703.^[1] She was rebuilt once during her career, and served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.

Orders were issued on 9 January 1738 for Antelope to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, from where she was relaunched on 27 January 1741.^[2]