HMS Antigua (1804)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Antigua.
HMS Antigua was a French frigate launched in 1779. She became a privateer that the British captured in 1804. She served the Royal Navy as a prison ship from 1804 to 1816, when she was broken up.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Railleuse |
Builder | Rochefort |
Launched | 11 August 1779[1] |
Captured | 25 March 1804 |
Notes | Originally the Galathée-class frigate Railleuse and then the 36-gun privateer Égyptienne |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Antigua |
Namesake | Antigua, an island in the West Indies |
Acquired | By capture 25 March 1804 or 27 March 1804 |
Fate | Scrapped 1816 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Galathée class frigate, later Prison ship |
Tons burthen | 856 tons bm |
Length | 145 ft (44.2 m) (overall); c.117 ft 6 in (35.8 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
Complement | 301 (French service) |
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