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HMS America (1757)

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Name
  
HMS America

Tons burthen
  
1248 ⁄94 (bm)

Fate
  
Broken up, 1771

Launched
  
21 May 1757

Builder
  
Wells & Stanton, Rotherhithe

Class and type
  
60-gun fourth rate ship of the line

Length
  
150 ft (46 m) (gundeck)

HMS America was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Wells and Stanton at Rotherhithe and launched on 21 May 1757.

From 1758 to 1760, America was under the command of a Captain James Kirke.

She was broken up in 1771.

References

HMS America (1757) Wikipedia