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HMS Africa (1761)

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Name
  
HMS Africa

Tons burthen
  
1353 ⁄94 (bm)

Builder
  
Blackwall Yard

Ordered
  
31 January 1759

Launched
  
1 August 1761

Fate
  
Sold out of the service, 1774

Class and type
  
Essex-class ship of the line

Length
  
158 ft (48 m) (gundeck)

HMS Africa was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 January 1761 at Blackwall Yard, London.

She was sold out of the service in 1774.

References

HMS Africa (1761) Wikipedia