''Cumberland'' (or ''Duc de Cumberland''
) was a 24-gun frigate of the French Navy, originally the East Indiaman ''Duke of Cumberland''.
Career
On 21 June 1747, the frigates ''Mutine'' and ''Galatée'' captured ''Duke of Cumberland'' off Groix. She was then brought into French naval service as ''Cumberland''.
On 24 February 1748, ''Cumberland'' departed for
Ile de France
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and
Ile Bourbon
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under Captain Mézédern, and with
La Motte-Picquet as her first officer. After she had called at
A Coruña
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, ''Cumberland'' encountered a British 36-gun frigate, leading to an inconclusive battle where she lost 25 killed or wounded. After a 122-day voyage, ''Cumberland'' reached
ÃŽle Bourbon, and then
ÃŽle de France. From there, she departed for a cruise off India on 20 October 1748.
[Levot, p. 128]
On 9 February 1749, she arrived at Pondichery with the squadron under Suffren.
In March 1758, the Navy sold her in Brest to a particular for use as the merchantman ''Mars''.
She was lost in late 1758 or 1759.
Citations and references
Citations
References
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* Jean-Michel Roche, ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours'', tome I
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Frigates of the French Navy
Ships built in England