The Antelope was a West Indian packet ship of 204 tons burthen (bm) and six guns. The French attacked and captured her on 10 October 1782. They took her into into Nantes, from where Captain William Kempthorne re-purchased her on 4 April 1783, and took her under command. Antelope lost 3 killed and 3 wounded, one mortally. The privateer lost her first captain mortally wounded and second captain wounded, 30 men killed in the action, and 17 wounded (three mortally); only 16 of her 65 men were unhurt.