The Preston was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woodbridge, and launched in 1653.

[1] After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to Antelope.

By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns.

[1] In 1681 James Story, captain of Antelope, conducted a census of the Avalon colony (now Ferryland, Newfoundland) and on 1 September 1681, wrote An Account of what fishing Ships, Sack Ships, Planters and Boatkeepers from Trepassey to Bonavista... Antelope was sold out of the navy in 1693.

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