HMS Antelope (H36)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Antelope.
HMS Antelope was a British A-class destroyer, which was completed for the Royal Navy in 1930. Antelope served throughout the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of three enemy submarines and in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa.
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HMS Antelope underway in coastal waters | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Antelope |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 6 March 1928 |
Builder | Hawthorne Leslie |
Laid down | 11 July 1928 |
Launched | 27 July 1929 |
Commissioned | 20 March 1930 |
Identification | Pennant number: H36 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1946 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | A-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 323 ft (98 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 134; 140 (1940) |
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