Name Northumberland Commissioned July 1780 Launched 3 May 1780 Draft 7.2 m | Laid down 24 February 1779 Construction started 24 February 1779 Length 55 m Tons burthen 1.5 million kg | |
Namesake HMS Northumberland, a previous ship captured from the Royal Navy and commissioned in the French navy Honours andawards Participated inBattle of the ChesapeakeBattle of the SaintesGlorious First of June Captured Glorious First of June, by Royal Navy | ||
Northumberland was a 74-gun Annibal class ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake (5 September 1781), a crucial naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War (Captain Bon-Chrétien, Marquis de Bricqueville), as well as the Battle of the Saintes seven months later, under Captain Saint Cézaire, who was killed in the action. In 1782, she captured the 14-gun sloop HMS Allegiance.
Northumberland was captured during the Glorious First of June in 1794, where she was captained by François-Pierre Étienne. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Northumberland, and was broken up the next year in December 1795.
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