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English ship Antelope (1546)

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34: 58: 416:, she was a flush-decked vessel carrying a battery of guns on the lower deck; she carried a four-masted rig and her lower deck was pierced for nine pairs of gunports. In 1549 she was re-classed from a galleass to a 'ship'. In 443:
galleon of 400 tons. A more detailed description is given in a navy list of 1603 where she is said to have measured 350 tons and had a crew of 160 (consisting of 114 sailors, 16 gunners and 30 soldiers). At this time,
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She was rebuilt in 1558 as a galleon of 341 tons, acquiring a forecastle and a half-deck aft. In 1581 she was again rebuilt as a
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was described in a navy list of 5 January 1548 as a "galleass" of 300 tons built in 1546 with a crew of 200 and armed with 4
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The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Library 2991 and British Library Additional MS 22047 with related documents.
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after her anchor cables were cut by a merchant ship. Though she lost all her masts and her rudder she got off into the
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Starkey, David, ed., The Inventory of Henry VIII, vol. 1, Society of Antiquaries (1998), nos. 7180, 7555-7577.
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Clowes, William Laird: The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, vols. 1-2,1896-1898
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was ready for sea, but her weak crew was surprised by a raid of seamen from the parliamentarian ship
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of 450 tons and 34 guns. The only remarkable action in her later career is her participation in Sir
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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whose son John had been on board. He left a description of this incident in his
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W. G. Perrin (ed.): The autobiography of Phineas Pett, London 1918, p. 133-134.
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The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.
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on Wednesday 27 December 1559. Captain Southwick brought her back to join
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had a crew of 170 with 30 gunners. Her armaments included; a brass
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who took the ship without a fight and immediately destroyed her.
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was made commander of the badly equipped royalist fleet, he sold
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s brass guns to fit out some other ships. In the spring of 1649
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in 1588, when she had a crew of 170 and mounted 30 guns. The
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and 4 hail-shot pieces. Handarms included 50 yew bows, 86
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and the chase of the Spanish fleet to the north. In 1597
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she was among the ships that were brought over to the
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S. & Loades, David M., 16:For other ships with the same name, see 601: 28: 794:Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot. 2000. 55: 7: 448:carried 26 heavy and 12 light guns. 744:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 2, p. 120. 735:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 2, p. 118. 659:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 1, p. 425. 650:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 1, p. 423. 629:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 1, p. 420. 726:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 2, p. 80. 695:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 2, p. 52. 677:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 1, p. 520 641:, vol. 1 (1898), 294, no. 620 (3). 318:34 guns of various weights of shot 292:12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) 244:38 guns of various weights of shot 196:38 guns of various weights of shot 148:44 guns of various weights of shot 14: 639:Calendar of State Papers Scotland 531:In the beginning of October 1624 502:disappointing expedition against 686:Clowes, Royal Navy, vol. 2, p. 8 475:, then commanded by Captain Sir 463:and belonged to the squadron of 113:General characteristics as built 56: 32: 566:in June 1648 and carried into 467:in which she took part in the 236:160 officers, men and soldiers 188:160 officers, men and soldiers 1: 276:92 ft (28 m) (keel) 846: 15: 815:Ships of the English navy 248: 200: 152: 112: 50: 31: 556:Second English Civil War 779:. 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Antelope (ship)
HMS Antelope

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English Flag
England
Spanish Armada
Sweeps
Galleon
Galleon
Middling ship
Full-rigged ship
English
Tudor navy
Henry VIII
English Civil War
Spanish Armada
royal inventory of 1547
demi-cannon
culverins
demi-culverins
sakers
iron single bases
hagbuts
bills
Moorish pikes
brass
iron
guns
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