HMS Augusta (1736)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Augusta
Ordered4 September 1733
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Launched1 July 1736
FateBroken up, 1765
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,067 long tons (1,084.1 t)
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armamentlist error: mixed text and list (help)
60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

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.[1]

Augusta served until 1765, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.