 Capture of Northumberland by the Mars, by Ambroise Louis Garneray | |
| History | |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Northumberland |
| Builder | Harding, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 29 March 1705 |
| Captured | 8 May 1744, by the French |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} France | |
| Name | Atlas |
| Acquired | 8 May 1744 |
| Fate | Sank 1781 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 104123⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 150 ft 8 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 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 burthen | 10965⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics after 1743 rebuild[3] | |
| Class and type | 1741 proposals 64-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1299 bm |
| Length | 154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 11 in (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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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[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
- ↑ 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 2 Lavery 1983, p. 166.
- 1 2 Lavery 1983, p. 169.
- 1 2 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.