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French ship Northumberland (1780)

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History
Ensign of the French Royal Navy Ensign of the French Navy during the RevolutionFrance
NameNorthumberland
NamesakeHMS Northumberland, a previous ship captured from the Royal Navy and commissioned in the French Navy
Laid down24 February 1779[1]
Launched3 May 1780[1]
CommissionedJuly 1780[1]
Honours and
awards
CapturedGlorious First of June, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameNorthumberland
AcquiredJune, 1794
FateBroken up, December 1795
General characteristics
Class and typeAnnibal-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1500 tonnes
Length54.7 m (179 ft 6 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
PropulsionSails
Armament74 guns of various weights of shot

Northumberland was a 74-gun Annibal-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

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She 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

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  1. ^ a b c d e Roche (2005), p. 329.
  2. ^ Antier (1991), p. 322.
  3. ^ Grandin, Gunnar (1987). "Hindric Johan Nauckhoff". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 26. p. 457 – via Swedish National Archives.

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