HMS Augusta (1763)
Ship plan of Augusta | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Augusta |
| Ordered | 13 January 1761 |
| Builder | Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | 28 February 1761 |
| Launched | 13 July 1763 |
| Fate | Burned, 22 October 1777 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | St Albans-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 138133⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck), 130 ft 6.375 in (39.78593 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 44 ft 7.25 in (13.5954 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Augusta was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 July 1763 by shipbuilding contractors Thomas Stanton and William Wells at Rotherhithe, London, and completed on 12 August 1763 at Deptford Dockyard
First commissioned in May 1763 under Captain Matthew Whitwell, the Augusta was initially fitted at Chatham Dockward as a guard ship, and served in that role at Sheerness in 1764, at Chatham 1765–68, and back to Sheerness in 1769. She was fitted at Chatham for Channel service in October 1770, but paid off into Ordinary (Reserve status) in May 1771. She sailed for North America on 28 March 1777 under the command of Captain Francis Reynolds. After running aground in the Delaware River Augusta was accidentally destroyed by fire on 23 October 1777 during the Battle of Red Bank.