HMS America
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS America:
was an armed merchantman in service between 1650 and 1654. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1749. She was renamed HMS Boston in 1756 and was sold in 1757. was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
launched in 1757, and broken up in 1771. was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1777. She was stranded in 1800, salvaged and became a prison ship
. She was lent to the Transport Board in 1804 and was broken up in 1807. was a 74-gun third rate, previously the French Amerique
. She was captured in 1794 and renamed HMS Impetueux in 1795. She was broken up in 1813. was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1810, and broken up in 1867.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS America:
was an armed merchantman in service between 1650 and 1654. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1749. She was renamed HMS Boston in 1756 and was sold in 1757. was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
launched in 1757, and broken up in 1771. was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1777. She was stranded in 1800, salvaged and became a prison ship
Prison ship
A prison ship, historically sometimes called a prison hulk, is a vessel used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. This practice was popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries....
. She was lent to the Transport Board in 1804 and was broken up in 1807. was a 74-gun third rate, previously the French Amerique
French ship America (1788)
America was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1794 at the Battle of the Glorious First of June. She then served with the British under the name HMS Impetueux until she was broken up in 1813...
. She was captured in 1794 and renamed HMS Impetueux in 1795. She was broken up in 1813. was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1810, and broken up in 1867.
See also
- Cunard America-class PS oceanlinersRMS America ClassThe America class was the replacement for the Britannia class, the Cunard Line's initial fleet of wooden paddle steamers. Entering service starting in 1848, these six vessels permitted Cunard to double its schedule to weekly departures from Liverpool, with alternating sailings to New York. The...
- RMS America