French ship Northumberland (1780) image
History
Ensign of the French Royal Navy Ensign of the French Navy during the RevolutionFrance
NameNorthumberland
NamesakeHMS Northumberland, a previous ship captured from the Royal Navy and commissioned in the French Navy
Laid down24 February 1779[1]
Launched3 May 1780[1]
CommissionedJuly 1780[1]
Honours and
awards
CapturedGlorious First of June, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameNorthumberland
AcquiredJune, 1794
FateBroken up, December 1795
General characteristics
Class and typeAnnibal-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1500 tonnes
Length54.7 m (179 ft 6 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
PropulsionSails
Armament74 guns of various weights of shot

Northumberland was a 74-gun Annibal-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 under Bon Chrétien de Bricqueville. Seven months later, she took part in Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782 under Captain Cresp de Saint-Césaire, who was killed in the action.[2] In 1782, she captured the 14-gun sloop HMS Allegiance.

Northumberland was captured during the Glorious First of June in 1794, where she was captained by François-Pierre Étienne. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Northumberland, and was broken up the next year in December 1795.[1]

Citations

References

  • Antier, Jean-Jacques (1991). L'Amiral de Grasse, héros de l'indépendance américaine. Rennes: Éditions de la Cité, Ouest-France. ISBN 9-782737-308642.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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