HMS Northumberland

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Various ships of the British Royal Navy were named HMS Northumberland after the British county of Northumberland:

  • Northumberland (ship, 1679) was a third class ship of the line with 70 guns that was launched in 1679 and sank on November 26, 1703 with the entire crew in the Great Storm (1703).
  • Northumberland (ship, 1705) was a third class ship of the line with 70 guns that was launched in 1705 and fell into the hands of the French in 1744.
  • HMS Northumberland (ship, 1750) was a third class ship of the line with 70 cannons, launched in 1750 and converted into a transport ship named Leviathan in 1777 .
  • HMS Northumberland (1798) was a third class ship of the line with 74 guns, launched in 1798 and decommissioned in 1850. It became famous because Napoleon was brought into exile on St. Helena on it in 1815.
  • HMS Northumberland (1866) was a Warrior class ironclad launched in 1866, entered service in 1868, and decommissioned in 1909.
  • The sixth Northumberland , along with HMS Surrey, was to be an improved version of the County-class heavy cruiser. Both ships were never built.
  • HMS Northumberland (F238) is a Duke- class frigate that was launched in 1992.
  • A French ship of the line Northumberland named after the British ship captured in 1744 fought in the naval battle of the 13th Prairial in 1794.