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HMS ''Cumberland'' was a three-decker 80-gun 
''Cumberland'' was captured by the French in the Battle at the Lizard in 1707. She served in the French navy under her old name, and in 1715 was sold to
third rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third ...
ship of the line of the Royal Navy
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, launched at Bursledon
Bursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Close to the city of Southampton, Bursledon has a railway station, a marina, dockyards and the Bursledon Windmill. Nearby village ...
on 12 November 1695.
''Cumberland'' was captured by the French in the Battle at the Lizard in 1707. She served in the French navy under her old name, and in 1715 was sold to Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
. The Genoese sold her to Spain in 1717 and she was renamed ''Principe de Asturias''. She was recaptured by the British at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718, but did not return to service, and was instead sold to Austria in 1720. She was based at Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and was renamed ''San Carlos''. She served until being broken up in 1733, having by then served under five flags.
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* *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. . * Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1690s ships Captured ships Ships built on the River Hamble {{UK-line-ship-stub