French ship Northumberland (1780) image
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Northumberland |
Namesake | HMS Northumberland, a previous ship captured from the Royal Navy and commissioned in the French Navy |
Laid down | 24 February 1779[1] |
Launched | 3 May 1780[1] |
Commissioned | July 1780[1] |
Honours and awards |
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Captured | Glorious First of June, by Royal Navy |
Great Britain | |
Name | Northumberland |
Acquired | June, 1794 |
Fate | Broken up, December 1795 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Annibal-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1500 tonnes |
Length | 54.7 m (179 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
Northumberland was a 74-gun Annibal-class ship of the line of the French Navy.