HMS Asia (1764)

HMS Asia at the Halifax Naval Yard, 1797. Watercolour by George Gustavus Lennox, who was a lieutenant aboard Asia
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Asia
Ordered	20 March 1758
Builder	Edward Allin & Thomas Bucknall, Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	18 April 1758
Launched	3 March 1764
Commissioned	March 1771
Decommissioned	March 1802
In service	1771-1781 1782-1783 1790-1800 1801-1802
Fate	Broken up, 1804
General characteristics
Class and type	64-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	136446⁄94 (bm)
Length	158 ft 0 in (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 2 in (3.1 m) forward 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) aft
Depth of hold	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Asia was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Thomas Bucknall and launched on 3 March 1764 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She participated in the American Revolutionary War and the capture of Martinique in 1794. She was broken up in 1804.