HMS Antigua (1757)

HMS Antigua (1757)

The first HMS "Antigua" was a 14-gun brig-sloop that served in the British Royal Navy from 1757 to 1763.

"Antigua" had served as a privateer before the Royal Navy purchased her on 4 June 1757. She was sold in the West Indies on 13 August 1763. [Colledge, p. 34]

References

*Colledge, J.J. "Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present". Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87021-652-X.


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