HMS Cumberland (1710)

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Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Cumberland
Builder: Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 27 December 1710
Fate: Foundered, 1760
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,308 long tons (1,329.0 t)
Length: 156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

80 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1739 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1733 proposals 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,401 long tons (1,423.5 t)
Length: 158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 45 ft 5 in (13.8 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 7 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 80 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Cumberland was a three-deck 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 27 December 1710. Her design corresponded to that laid down by the 1706 Establishment of dimensions for 80-gun ships.[1]

On 4 September 1733 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 11 July 1739. In 1747, she was reduced to a 66-gun ship.[2]

Cumberland was lost in 1760 after foundering.[2]

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 167.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 170.

Sources

  • 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.

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