Spanish ship America (1736)
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America was a 60-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1736.
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Name | America |
Ordered | 7 May 1731 |
Builder | Juan de Acosta, at Havana |
Launched | 21 January 1736 |
Captured | 13 August 1762, by Royal Navy |
Fate | Burnt on capture |
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She was captured by the British Royal Navy at the seizure of Havana on 13 August 1762, and burnt.