Antelope (shipwreck)
Antelope underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Antelope |
| Owner | L.S. Bowtell, Bay City, Michigan (in 1861) |
| Launched | 1861 |
| Fate | Sank 1897 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamship (1861–1880s), schooner barge (1880s–1897) |
| Tonnage | 523.45 gross register tons |
| Length | 186.8 ft (56.9 m) |
| Beam | 32 to 34 ft (9.8 to 10.4 m) (sources disagree) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine (1861–1880s), sails (1880s–1897) |
| Sail plan | Schooner rig, 3 masts (from 1880s) |
Antelope was a Great Lakes steamship that later was converted into a schooner barge) and sank in Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands in 1897.