HMS Auguste (1705)

History
France
Name	L'Auguste
Ordered	2 January 1704
Builder	Étienne Hubac, Brest
Laid down	January 1704
Launched	3 May 1704
Commissioned	July 1704
In service	1704–1705
Captured	8 August 1705
General characteristics in French service
Class and type	60-gun Third Rank ship of the line
Tons burthen	800
Length	Gun deck:137 French feet[a] Keel:115 French feet
Beam	36½ French feet
Draught	18 French feet
Depth of hold	16 French feet
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	400 (320 in peacetime), + 10 officers
Armament	54 guns comprising: Gun deck: 24 × 18-pounders Upper deck: 26 × 8-pounders Quarterdeck: 4 × 4-pounders Forecastle nil
Great Britain
Name	HMS Auguste
Acquired	8 August 1705
Commissioned	28 August 1705
In service	1705–1716
Fate	Wrecked 10 November 1716
General characteristics in British service
Class and type	60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	9328⁄94 bm
Length	141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) (gun deck) 115 ft 2 in (35.1 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 0 in (11.9 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 0 in (4.88 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	365 (240 in peacetime)
Armament	Gun deck: 24 × 24-pounder guns Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 8 minions Fc: 2 minions

HMS Auguste was the French 54-gun Auguste built in Brest in 1704 that the British captured in 1705. In her brief French service she captured two British men-of-war. She was wrecked in 1716.
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