HMS Northumberland

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Northumberland" after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:

*HMS|Northumberland|1679|6 was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1679. She was rebuilt in 1701 and was wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703.
*HMS|Northumberland|1705|6 was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1705. She was rebuilt in 1721 and was captured by the French in 1744.
*HMS|Northumberland|1750|6 was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1750. She was converted into a storeship in 1777 and renamed HMS "Leviathan". She foundered in 1780.
*HMS|Northumberland|1794|6 was a 78-gun third-rate captured from the French Navy at the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 and broken up in 1795.
*HMS|Northumberland|1798|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1798. She was converted to a hulk in 1827 and broken up in 1850.
*HMS|Northumberland|1865|6 was a "Minotaur" class ironclad battleship launched in 1866. She became a depot ship in 1898 and was renamed HMS "Acheron" on becoming a training ship in 1904. She was converted to a hulk and renamed "C8" in 1909, and renamed "C68" in 1926. She was sold 1927 and later resold as the hulk "Stedmound".
*HMS "Northumberland" was to have been a County class heavy cruiser ordered in 1929 but cancelled in 1930.
*HMS|Northumberland|F238|6 is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1992 and currently in service.

HMCS "Northumberland" was to have been a River class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy, but the order was cancelled in 1943.

See also

* French ship "Northumberland"

References

*Colledge