HMS Northumberland

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Six warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Northumberland:

  1. HMS Northumberland (1679), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1679, fought in the War of the Grand Alliance. She was lost with all hands on the Goodwin Sands in the Great Storm of 1703. Originally designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act in 1981, the wrecksite was re-designated on 8 December 1989.
  2. HMS Northumberland (1705), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1705, surrendered in 1744 to a French fleet during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  3. HMS Northumberland (1750), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1750, fought in the Seven Years' War. In 1777 she was converted to a storeship and renamed Leviathan.
  4. HMS Northumberland (1798), a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1798, fought in the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Groix Island. She gained fame by conveying Napoleon from Plymouth to his exile in Saint Helena. She was decommissioned in 1850.
  5. HMS Northumberland (1868), a Warrior class armoured frigate, was launched in 1868 and decommissioned in 1909.
  6. HMS Northumberland (F238), a type 23 frigate, was launched in 1992.

A French ship also called Northumberland fought in the Battle of the Glorious First of June.

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