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America

HMS America

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns60 guns
WarSeven Years' War

Ship of the line at Lagos.

Dunkirk (1754); Achilles (1757); America (1757) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dunkirk (1754), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. A copy of the plan was sent to merchant yards to build Achilles (1757) and America (1757), als Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

60 guns

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders
BuilderWells & Stanton, Rotherhithe
Laid downDecember 1755
Launched21 May 1757
CommissionedApril 1757
Length154 ft 0 in (46.94 m) (gundeck) 127 ft 5 in (38.84 m) (keel)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 May 1757

18–19 August 1759

Fate

Survived

Broken up at Plymouth Dockyard, 1771