HMS Northumberland (1798)
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Destruction of the French Frigates Arianne & Andromaque 22nd May 1812.
The image shows the last stages of the Action of 22 May 1812. From left to right: Mameluck, Ariane, Andromaque and Northumberland. |
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| Name: | HMS Northumberland |
| Ordered: | 10 June 1795 |
| Builder: | Barnard, Deptford |
| Laid down: | October 1795 |
| Launched: | 2 February 1798 |
| Honours and awards: |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1850 |
| Notes: | Hulked, February 1827 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class & type: | America class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1907 bm |
| Length: | 182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft 7 in (6.58 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Northumberland was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barnard, Deptford and launched on 2 February 1798.[2]
Northumberland, Alexander, Penelope, Bonne Citoyenne, and the brig Vincejo shared in the proceeds of the French polacca Vengeance, captured entering Valletta, Malta on 6 April.[3]
Because Northumberland served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1]
Northumberland participated in the Battle of San Domingo (1806), where she was damaged, and suffered 21 killed and 74 wounded, the highest casualties of any British ship in the battle.[citation needed]
In 1807 Northumberland was part of a squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane, who sailed in HMS Belleisle. The squadron, which included HMS Prince George, HMS Canada, HMS Ramillies and HMS Cerberus, captured the Telemaco, Carvalho and Master on 17 April 1807.[5]
Following the concern in Britain that neutral Denmark was entering an alliance with Napoleon, Northumberland participated in the expedition to occupy the Danish West Indies. The British captured St Thomas on 22 December and Santa Cruz on 25 December 1807. The Danes did not resist and the invasion was bloodless.
On 22 November 1810, Northumberland, while in the company of HMS Armada, a 74-gun third rate, captured the 14-gun French privateer ketch La Glaneuse.
She received a measure of fame when she transported Napoleon I into captivity on the Island of Saint Helena. Napoleon had surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon, on 15 July 1815 and was then transported to Plymouth.[6] Napoleon was transferred in Tor Bay, Devon from the Bellerophon to the Northumberland for his final voyage to St. Helena because concerns were expressed about the suitability of the ageing ship. HMS Northumberland was therefore selected instead.[citation needed]
She was converted to a hulk in February 1827, and returned to Deptford to be broken up in 1850.[2]
Notes and citations
Notes
Citations
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21077. pp. 791–792. 15 March 1850.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15717. p. 842. 7 July 1804.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 17915. p. 633. 3 April 1823.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16236. p. 330. 11 March 1809.
- ↑ Tracy, N, Who's Who in Nelson's Navy: 200 Heroes, Chatham, 2006, p. 237
References
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- David Cordingly, The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon (Bloomsbury USA, 2003) ISBN 1-58234-468-X
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
