![]() HMS Asia at the Halifax Naval Yard, 1797. Watercolour by George Gustavus Lennox, who was a lieutenant aboard Asia
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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 |
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Fate | Broken up, 1804 |
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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 |
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Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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.