HMS Northumberland (1705)

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Capture of Northumberland by the Mars, by Ambroise Louis Garneray
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White Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Northumberland
BuilderHarding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched29 March 1705
Captured8 May 1744, by the French
Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg France
NameAtlas
Acquired8 May 1744
FateSank 1781
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen10412394 (bm)
Length150 ft 8 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1721 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1719 Establishment 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1096594 (bm)
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs
General characteristics after 1743 rebuild [3]
Class and type 1741 proposals 64-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1299 bm
Length154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft (13.4 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 11 in (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdrs

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]

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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 [lower-alpha 1] 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

  1. 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

  1. 1 2 Lavery 1983, p. 166.
  2. 1 2 Lavery 1983, p. 169.
  3. 1 2 Lavery 1983, p. 172.
  4. 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.

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