HMS Northumberland (1750)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Northumberland.

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Northumberland
Ordered:	22 June 1744
Builder:	Thomas Fellowes (1744-1746) Benjamin Slade (1746-1750) Thomas Slade (1750)
Laid down:	14 August 1744
Launched:	1 December 1750
Commissioned:	January 1753
Renamed:	HMS Leviathan, 13 September 1777
Fate:	Foundered, 27 February 1780
Notes:	Storeship from 1777
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1414 ⁵⁶⁄₉₄(bm)
Length:	160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) 160 ft (48.8 m) (keel)
Beam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Complement:	520
Armament:	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 1 December 1750.^[1]

During the Seven Years' War Northumberland was the flagship of Lord Alexander Collville from 1753 to 1762, and under the captaincy of William Adams until 1760 and Nathaniel Bateman from 1760 to 1762.^[2] Future explorer James Cook served as ship's master from 1759 to 1761.^[3]

Northumberland was later reclassified as a storeship and renamed Leviathan on 13 September 1777. The renamed Leviathan foundered on 27 February 1780 whilst sailing from Jamaica to Britain.^[4]

Notes

1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.
↑ Robson 2009, p.97
↑ Robson 2009, p. 95
↑ Ships of the Old Navy, Northumberland.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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.
Robson, John (2009). Captain Cook's War and Peace. University of New South Wales Press. p. 95. ISBN 9781742231099.
Phillips, Michael. Northumberland (70) (1750). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714-1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

1745 Establishment ships

1745 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal George Britannia

80-gun third rates	Princess Amelia

70-gun third rates	Vanguard Somerset Orford Grafton Swiftsure Northumberland Buckingham

60-gun fourth rates	St Albans Anson Tiger Weymouth York Medway

50-gun fourth rates	Greenwich Severn Tavistock Assistance Newcastle Falmouth Preston

1750 amendments

90-gun second rates	Namur Union Neptune

80-gun third rates	Cambridge

70-gun third rates	Chichester

60-gun fourth rates	Dunkirk Montagu

1752 amendments

60-gun fourth rates	Pembroke Rippon

50-gun fourth rates	Chatham

1754 amendments

70-gun third rates	Burford Dorsetshire Boyne

Preceded by: 1719 Establishment
Followed by: Sandwich class, Valiant class, Dublin class, Edgar class, Essex class

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