HMS Cumberland (1842)
H.M.S. Cumberland, c.1852
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Name | HMS Cumberland |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | April 1836 |
Launched | 21 October 1842 |
Fate | Burned 17 February 1889 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2214 bm |
Length | 180 ft (55 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 54 ft 3 in (16.54 m) |
Depth of hold | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Cumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 October 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.[1] She carried a crew of 620 men.
Cumberland recommissioned as a flagship under Captain George Henry Seymour as the flagship of his father, Vice-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour. She served on the North America and West Indies Station.[2] In March 1854 she sailed to the Baltic Sea as the Crimean War with Russia was imminent. Cumberland was involved in the Battle of Bomarsund, an Anglo-French attack on Bomarsund in the Grand Duchy of Finland in August 1854.[3] On 15 March 1858, Cumberland ran aground on an uncharted rock in the River Plate off the Isla de Flores, Uruguay. Her captain and master were both acquitted at the subsequent court martial held on board HMS Impregnable at HMNB Devonport on 11 August.[4]
Cumberland was converted to serve as a training ship in 1870. She was destroyed by fire on the River Clyde in Scotland on 17 February 1889.[1][5]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 192.
- ^ "H.M.S. Cumberland | Royal Museums Greenwich". Rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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- ^ "Naval and Military". Daily News. No. 3820. London. 12 August 1858.
- ^ "HMS Cumberland (1842)". Britainsnavy.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
References[]
- 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.
- Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
- Ships built in Chatham
- 1842 ships
- Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom
- Crimean War naval ships of the United Kingdom
- Maritime incidents in March 1858
- Ship fires
- Shipwrecks of Scotland
- Maritime incidents in 1889
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