HMS America explained

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS America:

• English ship America (1650) was an armed merchantman in naval service between 1650 and 1654.
• was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1748. 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 America. 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

• , two ships of the French Navy
  • • • • RMS America