The ''Preston'' was a 40-gun
fourth-rate
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frigate of the
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, originally built for the navy of the
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at
Woodbridge, and launched in 1653.
After
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of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to ''Antelope''. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns.
In 1681 James Story, captain of ''Antelope'', conducted a
census
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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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