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HMS Northumberland (1750)

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Northumberland
History
Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
NameHMS Northumberland
Ordered22 June 1744
Builder
  • Thomas Fellowes (1744–1746)
  • Benjamin Slade (1746–1750)
  • Thomas Slade (1750)
Laid down14 August 1744
Launched1 December 1750
CommissionedJanuary 1753
RenamedHMS Leviathan, 13 September 1777
FateFoundered, 27 February 1780
NotesStoreship from 1777
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen14145694(bm)
Length
  • 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 160 ft (48.8 m) (keel)
Beam45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement520
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 1 December 1750.[1]

During the Seven Years' War Northumberland was the flagship of Lord Alexander Collville from 1753 to 1762, and under the captaincy of William Adams until 1760 and Nathaniel Bateman from 1760 to 1762.[2] Future explorer James Cook served as ship's master from 1759 to 1761.[3]

Northumberland was later classified as a storeship and was renamed Leviathan on 13 September 1777. She foundered on 27 February 1780 whilst sailing from Jamaica to Britain.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.
  2. ^ Robson 2009, p.97
  3. ^ Robson 2009, p. 95
  4. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, Northumberland.

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 (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Robson, John (2009). Captain Cook's War and Peace. University of New South Wales Press. p. 95. ISBN 9781742231099.
  • Phillips, Michael. Northumberland (70) (1750). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714–1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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