HMS Northumberland (1750)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Northumberland.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Northumberland
Ordered: 22 June 1744
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: 14 August 1744
Launched: 1 December 1750
Commissioned: January 1753
Renamed: HMS Leviathan, 13 September 1777
Fate: Foundered, 27 February 1780
Notes: Storeship from 1777
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,414 long tons (1,436.7 t)
Length: 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 1 December 1750.[1]

During the Seven Years War Northumberland was under the command of Lord Alexander Collville. He received command of the ship in 1753 and remained in command until 1762. In 1759, future explorer, James Cook was appointed Master.

She was later reclassified as a storeship and renamed Leviathan on 13 September 1777.

Leviathan foundered on 27 February 1780 whilst sailing from Jamaica to Britain.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.
  2. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, Northumberland.

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