| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Colony |
| Pennant | K 501 |
| Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
| Laid down | 3 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 26 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 4 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 2 May, 1946. HMS Antigua is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | USS Hammond PF-73 |
Commands listed for HMS Antigua (K 501)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Duncan Frederick White, RNR | 27 Jul 1943 | 9 Sep 1944 |
| 2 | A/Lt.Cdr. Edward Leo Donkin, RNR | 9 Sep 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Antigua include:
22 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, RNVR) and HMS Antigua(A/Lt.Cdr. E.L. Donkin, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19365
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.