HMS Cumberland (1842)

Name:	HMS Cumberland
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1836
Launched:	21 October 1842
Fate:	Burnt, 1889
General characteristics
Class and type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2214 bm
Length:	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	54 ft 3 in (16.54 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Quarterdeck: 8 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades;

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cumberland.

HMS Cumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 October 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.^[1]

She was converted to serve as a training ship in 1870. Cumberland was destroyed by fire in 1889.^[1]

Notes

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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Career (UK)

Name:	HMS Cumberland
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1836
Launched:	21 October 1842
Fate:	Burnt, 1889
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2214 bm
Length:	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	54 ft 3 in (16.54 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 8 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades