French frigate Cumberland (1747)

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Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Great Britain
NameDuke of Cumberland
Namesake Duke of Cumberland
BuilderEngland [1] [2]
Flag of France (1814-1830).svg France
NameCumberland
FateRetired in 1758 [1]
Pavillon royal de France.svg France
NameMars
FateLost in late 1758 or 1759. [2]
General characteristics
Class and typeEast Indiaman
Tons burthen250 [1] or 499 [2] (bm)
Length33.1 metres [1]
Beam8.4 metres [1]
Depth of hold4.4 metres [1]
PropulsionSail
Complement4 officers and 110 to 180 men [2]
Armament

Cumberland (or Duc de Cumberland [2] ) was a 24-gun frigate of the French Navy, originally the East Indiaman Duke of Cumberland. [1] [2]

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Career

On 21 June 1747, the frigates Mutine and Galatée captured Duke of Cumberland off Groix. She was then brought into French naval service as Cumberland. [1]

On 24 February 1748, Cumberland departed for Ile de France and Ile Bourbon under Captain Mézédern, and with La Motte-Picquet as her first officer. After she had called at A Coruña, Cumberland encountered a British 36-gun frigate, leading to an inconclusive battle where she lost 25 killed or wounded. After a 122-day voyage, Cumberland reached Île Bourbon, and then Île de France. From there, she departed for a cruise off India on 20 October 1748. [3]

On 9 February 1749, she arrived at Pondichery with the squadron under Suffren. [1]

In March 1758, the Navy sold her in Brest to a particular for use as the merchantman Mars. [2] She was lost in late 1758 or 1759. [2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche, vol.1, p.136
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Demerliac, n°391, p.57
  3. ↑ Levot, p. 128

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