HMS ''Cumberland'' was a 74-gun

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ship of the line of the

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, launched on 19 August 1807 at Northfleet. During the Napoleonic wars she brought King William I of the Netherlands from London to The Netherlands. In 1809, she took part in the

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under Captain Philip Wodehouse. On 12 March 1812, as the merchant ship was returning from Lima and Cadiz, the French privateer ''Amelia'' captured her. However, recaptured ''Ramoncita''. The salvage money notice stated that ''Virago'' had been in company with , ''Cumberland'', , and . ''Cumberland'' was converted to serve as a

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in 1830. She was renamed ''Fortitude'' in 1833. She was eventually sold out of the service in 1870. The Cumberland at sea PW0038 (cropped)

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