HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1705.[1]
British service
She was rebuilt twice during her career, firstly at Woolwich Dockyard, where she was reconstructed according to the 1719 Establishment and relaunched on 13 July 1721.[2] Her second rebuild was also carried out at Woolwich Dockyard, where she was reconstructed as a 64-gun third rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 17 October 1743.[3]
Northumberland was captured during the action of 8 May 1744[a] by the French ships Mars commanded by Étienne Perier and Content commanded by the Comte de Conflans.[4] She was subsequently taken into the French navy as Northumberland, before being renamed Atlas in 1766.
French service
Fate
She sank in February 1781 off the coast of Ushant.
Notes
- ^ Because England still used the Julian calendar at the time, British sources date the engagement to 8 May; French sources, using the Gregorian calendar date the same engagement to 19 May.
Citations
- ^ a b Lavery 1983, p. 166.
- ^ a b Lavery 1983, p. 169.
- ^ a b Lavery 1983, p. 172.
- ^ Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1626–1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword Books. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4738-9353-5.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Lavery, Brian (1983). The Ship of the Line. London, England: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-252-3.