HMS Northumberland (1679)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Northumberland |
| Builder: | Baylie, Bristol |
| Launched: | 1679 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 27 November 1703, on the Goodwin Sands |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,050 long tons (1,066.8 t) |
| Length: | 152 ft (46.3 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 4 in (12.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1702 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,096 long tons (1,113.6 t) |
| Length: | 152 ft (46.3 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 4 in (12.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Northumberland.
HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Bristol in 1679.[1] She fought in the War of the Grand Alliance.
In 1702, she was rebuilt at Chatham Dockyard, though she was lost with all hands on the Goodwin Sands in the Great Storm of the following year.[2] Captain Greenway was among the 220 men (including 24 marines) who drowned. The wreck has been designated as a protected archaeological site under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 since 1981.
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- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- 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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