Antelope Beaches Herself To Prevent Her Total Loss
About 4:30 a.m., upon learning that his ship was sinking, Ross ". . . ordered the helm hard aport, to beach her . . . ."While filling rapidly, Antelope grounded enabling her crew to save her ordnance and equipment. No record of efforts to salvage the ship has been found.
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