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The first ''Acasta'' , launched in 1797, was a 40-gun Fifth-rate Frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars . Along with ''Leander'' and ''Newcastle'' she captured the American privateer '' Prince De Neufchâtel '' in the War Of 1812 . She was broken up in 1821.

''Acasta'', laid down in 1861 was to have been a wooden screw frigate, but she was cancelled in 1863.

The second ''Acasta'' (G40) , launched in 1912, was the Lead Ship of the ''Acasta'' Class of Destroyer s. She was sold for breaking in May 1921 .

The third ''Acasta'' (H09) , launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in action against the German battlecruisers ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Gneisenau'' .

''Acasta'' (P452) was to have been an ''Amphion''-class Submarine , but was cancelled in 1945 .

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