Northumberland was a 74-gun Annibal-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
French ship Northumberland (1780) image
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Northumberland |
Namesake | HMS Northumberland, a previous ship captured from the Royal Navy and commissioned in the French Navy |
Laid down | 24 February 1779[1] |
Launched | 3 May 1780[1] |
Commissioned | July 1780[1] |
Honours and awards |
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Captured | Glorious First of June, by Royal Navy |
Great Britain | |
Name | Northumberland |
Acquired | June, 1794 |
Fate | Broken up, December 1795 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Annibal-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1500 tonnes |
Length | 54.7 m (179 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
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]