HMS Augusta (1763)
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HMS Augusta was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 July 1763 by shipbuilding contractors Thomas Stanton and William Wells at Rotherhithe, London, and completed on 1
Augusta (first from right) at the action off Mud Fort, 15 November 1777
Battle of Red Bank
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The Battle of Red Bank, also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer, was fought on October 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A force of 1,200 Hessian troops was sent to take Fort Mercer on
HMS Augusta (1763)
…command of Captain Francis Reynolds. After running aground in the Delaware River Augusta was accidentally destroyed by fire on 23 October 1777 during the Battle of Red Bank. On the evening of 22 October 1777, the Augusta, still under the command of Captain Reynolds, had sailed up the Delaware River with several other…
Monument at Fort Mercer commemorating the battle