Northumberland was a 74-gun Annibal-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
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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 |
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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 |
Career
editShe 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] The ship was saved by the active help of Swedish officer Henrik Johan Nauckhoff, who was later to become a Swedish admiral and at the time was on leave from Swedish service to gain experience fighting with the French.[3] 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
edit- ^ a b c d e Roche (2005), p. 329.
- ^ Antier (1991), p. 322.
- ^ Grandin, Gunnar (1987). "Hindric Johan Nauckhoff". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 26. p. 457 – via Swedish National Archives.
References
edit- 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.