HMS Northumberland (1798)
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 |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1850 |
| Notes: | Hulked, February 1827 |
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| Class and type: | America-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1907 (bm) |
| Length: | 182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 7 1⁄2 in (14.821 m) |
| 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.
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 1800.
On 8 January 1801 Penelope captured the French bombard St. Roche, which was carrying wine, liqueurs, ironware, Delfth cloth, and various other merchandise, from Marseilles to Alexandria. Swiftsure, Tigre, Minotaur, Northumberland, Florentina, and the schooner Malta, were in sight and shared in the proceeds of the capture.
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.
In August Northumberland detained and sent into Plymouth Comet, a vessel that the French had captured on 1 July 1803 as Comet was sailing from England to Bengal under charter to the British East India Company. An American house with an office in London had purchased Comet at A Coruña as a prize and was sending her to London when 'Northumberland intercepted her.
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