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

5 Feb, 1940
The German submarine U-41 was sunk south of Ireland, in position 49º20'N, 10º04'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
The German submarine U-31 was sunk north west of Ireland in position 56º26'N, 10º18'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 contemplatibf 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
The British destroyer HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, RN) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Port Arthur (A/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSC, RCNVR) sank the Italian submarine Tritone (Cdr. Paolo Monechi / 26 dead.) near Bougie, Algeria in position 37º06'N, 05º22'E. The Italian submarine was on it's first war patrol. She was only commissioned on 10 October 1942. (see map)