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| Name | HMS America |
| Ordered | 24 November 1755 |
| Builder | Wells & Stanton, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | December 1755 |
| Launched | 21 May 1757 |
| Commissioned | April 1757 |
| Decommissioned | August 1764 |
| Honours and awards | Battle of Lagos, 1759 |
| Fate | Broken up at Plymouth Dockyard, 1771 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 124847⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 42 ft 11 in (13.08 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS America was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built for service during the Seven Years' War against France and Spain. Commissioned in 1757, America was assigned to the British fleets blockading French ports in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and played an active role in the Battle of Lagos in 1759. After a refit in 1760, she was sailed to the East Indies for combat against Spanish forces in the Philippines. America was returned to England at the end of the war, and was broken up in 1771.[1][2]
- ^ Winfield 2007, p. 132
- ^ Rankin, Stuart (2004). Maritime Rotherhithe – History Walk – Walk B: Shipyards, Granaries and Wharves. Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine p22. Southwark Council.