Several ships of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
have borne the name ''Northumberland'':
* (1744) was captured in 1744 and taken into service with the French Navy as ''Northumberland''. She was renamed ''Atlas'' in 1766 and sank in February 1781 off the coast of
Ushant
Ushant (; br, Eusa, ; french: Ouessant, ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and, in medieval terms, Léon. In lower tiers of governm ...
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* , a 74-gun , captured in 1794, taken into service as HMS ''Northumberland''. Broken up in December 1795.
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French Navy ship names