Allied Warships

HMS Antelope (H 36)

Destroyer of the A class


HMS Antelope during World War Two

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassA 
PennantH 36 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered6 Mar 1928 
Laid down11 Jul 1928 
Launched27 Jul 1929 
Commissioned20 Mar 1930 
End service 
History

HMS Antelope is not listed as active unit in the October 1944 Navy List onwards

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 31 January 1946. Scrapped at Blyth.

 

Commands listed for HMS Antelope (H 36)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Richard Taylor White, RN24 Sep 193826 Feb 1941
2Lt.Cdr. Roger Bertram Nettleton Hicks, DSO, RN26 Feb 1941Aug 1941
3Lt.Cdr. Erroll Norman Sinclair, RNAug 19414 Oct 1943
4Cdr. James Gordon Gould, RN4 Oct 1943late 1944

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Noteable events involving Antelope include:


Adopted by Brentwood (a small town in Essex, UK, north-east of London) and has sent ?50 to the local hospital.

5 Feb 1940
German U-boat U-41 was sunk south of Ireland, in position 49°20'N, 10°04'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.T. White, RN). (see map)

13 Jun 1940
While escorting HMS Ark Royal (Capt. C.S. Holland, RN) off Norway HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.T. White, DSO, RN) and HMS Electra (Lt.Cdr. S.A. Buss, RN) collide with each other in heavy fog. Both destroyers were damaged and repairs took until ca. mid-August.

2 Nov 1940
German U-boat U-31 was sunk north west of Ireland in position 56°26'N, 10°18'W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.T. White, DSO, RN). (see map)

21 May 1941
The British battlecruiser Hood (Capt. R. Kerr, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, CB, RN) and the battleship Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach, MVO, RN) were ordered to proceed to Hvalfjord, Iceland as the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were spotted by air reconnaissance at Bergen, Norway. As there were indications that these two were going to 'set sail' for a raid on the ocean trade routes.

The two British capital ships were escorted by the destroyers HMS Electra (Cdr. C.W. May, RN), HMS Anthony (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Hodges, RN), HMS Echo (Lt.Cdr. C.H.deB. Newby, RN), HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSO, RN), HMS Achates (Lt.Cdr. Viscount Jocelyn, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN).

19 Jan 1943
British destroyer HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, RN) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Port Arthur (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSC, RCNVR) sank the Italian submarine Tritone (offsite link) (Cdr. Paolo Monechi / 26 dead.) near Bougie, Algeria in position 37°06'N, 05°22'E. The Italian submarine was on it's first war patrol. She was only commissioned on 10 October 1942. (see map)

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Destroyers of World War Two

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