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HMS Augusta (1736)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Augusta
Ordered: 4 September 1733
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1 July 1736
Fate: Broken up, 1765
General characteristics
Class and type: 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1067
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Augusta was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 1 July 1736.

Augusta served until 1765, when she was broken up.



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