HMS Northumberland (1750)
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| Career (Great Britain) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Northumberland |
| Ordered: | 22 June 1744 |
| Builder: | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 14 August 1744 |
| Launched: | 1 December 1750 |
| Commissioned: | January 1753 |
| Renamed: | HMS Leviathan, 13 September 1777 |
| Fate: | Foundered, 27 February 1780 |
| Notes: | Storeship from 1777 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,414 long tons (1,436.7 t) |
| Length: | 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
70 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Northumberland.
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 under the command of Lord Alexander Collville. He received command of the ship in 1753 and remained in command until 1762. In 1759, future explorer, James Cook was appointed Master.
She was later reclassified as a storeship and renamed Leviathan on 13 September 1777.
Leviathan foundered on 27 February 1780 whilst sailing from Jamaica to Britain.[2]
Notes
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. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714-1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
- Phillips, Michael. Northumberland (70) (1750). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
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