HMS Cumberland (1807)

HMS Cumberland was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 August 1807 at Northfleet.[1] During the Napoleonic wars she brought King William I of the Netherlands from London to The Netherlands.

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

Cumberland
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cumberland
Ordered31 January 1805
BuilderPitcher, Northfleet
Laid downAugust 1805
Launched19 August 1807
Renamed1833
FateConverted to prison ship, 1830
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fortitude
FateSold, 1870
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1718 16⁄94 (bm)
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone.[2]

She was converted to serve as a prison ship in 1830. She was renamed Fortitude in 1833.[3]

She was eventually sold out of the service in 1870.[1]

The Cumberland at sea

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 188.
  2. Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 4. Challamel ainé. pp. 56–58.
  3. "Fortitude (originally Cumberland)". Retrieved 2 January 2010.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.


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