Antelope

Antelope was launched at Nantes in 1804 under another name. The British captured her and the High Court of Admiralty condemned her on 1 June 1807. She sailed to the Pacific, possibly as a whaler, where she captured a Spanish vessels. In 1811 she made one voyage to India for the British East India Company. She next traded with South America and the Mediterranean. A United States privateer captured her in 1814, but the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She was probably broken up circa 1824. Career Antelope first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1807 with Le Pelley, master, Lehou & Co., owner, and trade London–Madeira. Captain John Le Pelley acquired a letter of marque on 28 August 1807. The size of Antelopes crew and the scale of her armament suggests that the intent was to employ her as a privateer. She sailed on a privateering cruise on 1 September 1807. Antelope and Le Pelley received a pass on 23 November 1807, for departure from the Thames for Madeira and the southern whale fishery.