HMS ''Northumberland'' was a 70-gun
third-rate ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the
Royal Navy, built at
Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1705.
British service
She was rebuilt twice during her career, firstly at
Woolwich Dockyard, where she was reconstructed according to the
1719 Establishment
The 1719 Establishment was a set of mandatory requirements governing the construction of all Royal Navy warships capable of carrying more than 20 naval long guns. It was designed to bring economies of scale through uniform vessel design, and ens ...
and relaunched on 13 July 1721. Her second rebuild was also carried out at Woolwich Dockyard, where she was reconstructed as a 64-gun third rate according to the
1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 17 October 1743.
''Northumberland'' was captured during the
action of 8 May 1744
The action of 8 May 1744 was a minor naval engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in which two French ships of the line, the 60-gun ''Content'', and the 64-gun ''Mars'', captured the British 70-gun HMS ''Northumberland'' after a desp ...
by the French ships
''Mars'' commanded by
Étienne Perier and
''Content'' commanded by the
Comte de Conflans.
She was subsequently taken into the French navy as ''Northumberland'', before being renamed ''Atlas'' in 1766.
French service
Fate
She sank in February 1781 off the coast of
Ushant.
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Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Ships built in Deptford
1700s ships
Captured ships