HMS Northumberland (1798)
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| Name: | HMS Northumberland |
| Ordered: | 10 June 1795 |
| Builder: | Barnard, Deptford |
| Laid down: | October, 1795 |
| Launched: | 2 February 1798 |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1850 |
| Notes: | Hulked, February 1827 |
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| Class and type: | America class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1907 tons (1937.6 tonnes) |
| Length: | 182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 7.5 in (14.82 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft 7 in (6.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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74 guns:
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HMS Northumberland was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barnard, Deptford and launched on February 2, 1798. She participated in the Battle of San Domingo, where she was damaged, and suffered 21 killed and 74 wounded, the highest casualties of any British ship in the battle.
She received a measure of fame when she transported Napoleon I into captivity on the Island of Saint Helena. Napoleon had surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon, but the authorities were concerned that the aging ship would not be up to the voyage. HMS Northumberland was therefore selected instead.
She was converted to a hulk in February 1827, and returned to Deptford to be broken up in 1850.
[edit] References
- 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.
- David Cordingly, The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon (Bloomsbury USA, 2003) ISBN 1-58234-468-X
- 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.
