Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''America'': * English ship ''America'' (1650) was an armed merchantman in naval service between 1650 and 1654. * was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1748. She was renamed HMS ''Boston'' in 1756 and was sold in 1757. * was a 60-gun fourth rate

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

launched in 1757, and broken up in 1771. * was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1777. She was stranded in 1800, salvaged and became a prison ship. She was lent to the Transport Board in 1804 and was broken up in 1807. * was a 74-gun third rate, previously the French ''America''. She was captured in 1794 and renamed HMS ''Impetueux'' in 1795. She was broken up in 1813. * was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1810, and broken up in 1867.

See also