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Northumberland

HMS Northumberland

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarNapoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, Rear-Admiral Cochrane's flagship at San Domingo. She took Napoleon to St Helena in 1815.

Thomas Whitcombe - Destruction of the French Frigates LArianne LAndromache Photo: Thomas Whitcombe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downOctober 1795
Launched2 February 1798
Length182 ft (55 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 February 1798

6 February 1806

Rear-Admiral Cochrane's flagship

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1850