[1] This layout produced 3,500 indicated horsepower (2,600 kW), giving her a speed of 18.7 knots (34.6 km/h) with forced draught.

[3] She was finally launched, by Miss Crocker, the daughter of the shipyard manager on 12 July 1893.

[4][2] In 2015, her grandson displayed a commemorative wooden box, holding the mallet and chisel she used to server the rope tethering the ship, on the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow.

[15] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.

[17] Antelope had been stricken from the effective list by 1905, being described in Parliament as being "of comparatively small fighting value", although her armament was not removed.