Capture of Northumberland by the Mars, by Ambroise Louis Garneray
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Northumberland |
Builder | Harding, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 29 March 1705 |
Captured | 8 May 1744, by the French |
France | |
Name | Atlas |
Acquired | 8 May 1744 |
Fate | Sank 1781 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 104123⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 150 ft 8 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1721 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type | 1719 Establishment 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 10965⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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General characteristics after 1743 rebuild[3] | |
Class and type | 1741 proposals 64-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1299 bm |
Length | 154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 11 in (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1705.[1]