Eight ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have borne the name HMS Augusta or HMS Auguste, whilst another two were planned:
was a 60-gun fourth rate captured from the French in 1705. She was wrecked in 1716 when she ran ashore on the island of Anholt (Denmark)

Anholt (Denmark)

Anholt is a Danish island in the Kattegat, midway between Jutland and Sweden, with 171 permanent residents as of 1 January 2010. It is seven miles long and about four miles wide at its widest and covers an area of 21,75 km². Anholt is part of Norddjurs municipality in Region Midtjylland...

 in heavy weather. was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1736 and broken up by 1765. was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1763 and burnt in 1777. was a yacht

Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...

 launched in 1771. She was renamed HMS Princess Augusta in 1773 and was sold in 1818. was a gunboat

Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...

 and ex-barge

Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...

 purchased in 1795 and in service until at least 1801.

• HMS Augusta was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was laid down in 1806 but was cancelled in 1809. was a schooner
  Schooner
  A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
  
  , formerly in civilian service under the name Policy. She was purchased in 1819 and sold in 1823. was a two-gun schooner launched in 1853 and in service until at least 1866.
• HMS Augusta was to have been a Catherine class minesweeper
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
  . She was to have been transferred to the Royal Navy in 1943 but was retained by the US Navy as .

See also

• HMY Augusta was an eight-gun royal yacht
  Royal Yacht
  A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head...
  
   launched in 1677 as HMY Charlotte. She was renamed HMY Augusta in 1761 and was broken up in 1771.