| Laid down | 23rd March 1971 |
| Launched | 16th March 1972 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 17th July 1975 |
| Fate | Sunk: 24th May 1982 off the Falkland Islands |
| Builders | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston United Kingdom |
| Complement | 177 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 2750 tons std 3250 tons max |
| Dimensions | 384' x 41' 9" |
| Draught | 19' 6" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 1 x Mk8 4.5" |
| Secondary guns | 2 x 20mm Oerlikon (2 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | None |
| Other weapons | SAM: 4 x SeaCat (1 x 4) |
| Countermeasures | 2 x Corvus chaff launchers 1 x Type 182 towed decoy |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | As built: 1 x Westland Wasp Refitted: 1 x Westland Lynx |
| Flightdeck | N/A |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | Type 992Q surveillance Type 978 navigation 2 x Type 912 fire control |
| Sonar | Type 184M Type 162M |
| ECM | N/A |
| Other | 2 x GWS24 SeaCat fire control 1 x Cossor Type 191 IFF |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | COGOG 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 x Rolls Royce RM1A Tyne gas turbines |
| Power output | 50000shp Olympus 8500shp Tyne |
| Speed | 18kts Tyne 32kts Olympus |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 4000NM @ 17kts 1200NM @ 30kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
On the 22nd of May 1982 , Antelope was acting as escort to a landing force. In an air raid, she was hit by a 500lb bomb which entered the engine room, but did not explode. Attempts were made to defuse it, but it exploded in the night, killing one of the disposal crew. The explosion started a large fire, and despite efforts to save the ship, she broke her back on the afternoon of the 24th.
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