Antelope (1781 EIC packet ship)

She made one voyage for the company that ended when she was wrecked on 10 August 1783 off Ulong,[3] near Koror Island in Palau.

[4] Captain Henry Wilson left the Downs on 6 February 1781 to carry despatches to China via the Pacific route.

With the assistance of the natives, Wilson and his crew used boards from Antelope, and new materials, to build a boat, which they called the Oroolong.

Wilson brought with him Prince Lee Boo, and left behind Madan Blanchard, a seaman who chose not to leave.

He returned to England with Prince Lee Boo on the East Indiaman Morse, and they arrived on 14 July 1784.

Captain Henry Wilson, portrait about 1782 by Arthur William Devis
A View of the Cove and Tents of the English at Oroolong while the sailors were building their escape vessel the Oroolong
The Oroolong on the Morning of Departure
The Oroolong passing the Reef
Antelope ' s compass