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HMS Antelope 1982.jpg
HMS Antelope after being bombed on 23 May 1982, showing the mast bent in half
Career (UK) RN Ensign
Name: HMS Antelope
Operator: Royal Navy
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down: 23 March 1971
Launched: 16 March 1972
Commissioned: 19 July 1975
Identification: Pennant number: F170
Motto: Audax et vigilans
("Daring and watchful")
Fate: Sunk by Argentine bombs on 24 May 1982
General characteristics
Class & type: Type 21 frigate
Displacement: 3,250 tons full load
Length: 384 ft (117 m)
Beam: 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion: COGOG:
2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines for cruising
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles at 17 knots (7,400 km at 31 km/h)
1,200 nautical miles at 30 knots (2,220 km at 56 km/h)
Complement: 177
Armament: 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun
2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
1 × quadruple Sea Cat SAMs
2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes
2 × Corvus chaff launchers
1 × Type 182 towed decoy
Aircraft carried: 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx