HMS Cumberland (1774)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Cumberland
Ordered: 8 June 1768
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: 7 January 1769
Launched: 29 March 1774
Honours and
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Participated in:

Fate: Broken up, 1804
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1647 tons (1673.4 tonnes)
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Cumberland was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 March 1774 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]

She participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780, and in the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783.

Cumberland was broken up in 1804.[1]

Citations and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 179.

References

  • 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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