HMS Antigua (1804)

HMS Antigua (1804)

The third HMS "Antigua" was a prison ship that served in the British Royal Navy from 1804 to 1816.

"Antigua" previously had served as the French privateer "Egyptienne", a 36-gun ship with a crew of 120 based at Bordeaux. On 23 March 1804, the British 18-gun sloop HMS "Osprey" badly damaged "Egyptienne" in a close, 80-minute action near Barbados before "Egyptienne" used her superior speed to escape. [Clowes, p. 341; Colledge, p. 251.] On 25 March 1804 [According to Colledge, p. 34] or 27 March 1804 [According to Clowes, p. 342] the British 14- [According to Clowes, p. 342] or 18- [According to Colledge, p. 34] gun sloop HMS "Hippomenes" captured the damaged "Egyptienne" after a 54-hour chase followed by a three-hour, 20-minute action. [Clowes, p. 342; Colledge, p. 171]

The Royal Navy took "Egyptienne" into British service as HMS "Antigua". "Antigua" served as a prison ship until she was scrapped in 1816. [Colledge, p. 34]

References

*Clowes, Sir William Laird. "The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume V". Sampson Low, Marston ad Company, 1900. (Republished by Chatham Publishing, London, 1997. ISBN 1-86176-014-0.)
*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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