HMS Duchess of Cumberland

Two vessels that served the Royal Navy have been named Duchess of Cumberland:

• HMS Duchess of Cumberland (1781) 6-gun sloop HMS Duchess of Cumberland, under Commander Edward Marsh. Duchess of Cumberland was wrecked on 22 September 1781 on Cape St. Mary's during a heavy fog. She had been escorting a convoy from Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. ^[1] Note: Manley has the report that the Duchess of Cumberland was the American privateer Congress, of Beverley, Massachusetts. ^[2] Congress was armed with eighteen 9-pounders guns, and had a crew of 120 men. HMS Oiseaux captured her at some point between 16 June and 2 July 1781. ^{[3] [a]}
• His Majesty's hired armed cutter Duchess of Cumberland.

Footnotes

Notes

1. This Congress was almost surely not the Congress involved in the capture of HMS Savage. ^{[4] [5]} "Oiseau" is French for bird; however this report is incorrect. The Royal Navy took Congress in as HMS Morning Star ^[6]

Citations

1. Hepper (1994), p.65.
2. Maclay (1900), p.125.
3. "No. 12234". The London Gazette . 16 October 1781. p. 1.
4. Boston Gazette. 13 August 1781. We are sorry to inform our readers that the privateer Ship Congress, Capt. Ropes, belonging to Salem, is taken by the British Frigate Bird, and carried into St. John's.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Allen, Gardner Weld (1927). "Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution". Collections. The Massachusetts Historical Society. p. 104 – via Internet Archive.
6. "British sloop 'Morning Star' (1781)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 22 March 2025.

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.
• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN   0-948864-30-3.
• Maclay, Edgar S. (1900). A history of American privateers. Sampson, Low, Marston & co.