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Augusta, HMS

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Name: Augusta, HMS
Class: 1733 Establishment 60-Gunner, fourth rate
Type: ship of the line
When launched (Date built): 1736-07-01
Place built: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Lewisham, Deptford

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60 gun; British Royal Navy; served as flagship for Commodore Aruthur Forrest in the Battle of Cap-Francois 21 Oct. 1757 (Seven Years' War)

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The Glorious Action off Cape Francois

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To Capt. Forrest Commander of His Majesty's Ship Augusta, Capt. Suckling of ye Dreadnought, and Capt. Langdon of the Edinburgh. This Representation of the Remarkable and Gallant Action between them and a Squadron of French Ships of War On ye Oct. 1757 off Cape Francois, in which the French were Defeated & Retir'd

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