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HBMS Cumberland (1739)

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years ago

Cumberland, 80 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Cumberland
Ordered	1733/09/04
Laid Down	1734/01/14
Launched	1739/07/11
Shipyard	Woolwich DY
Constructor	John Hayward
Rate	Third Rate
Commissioned
Out Service	1760/11/02
Fate	Foundered

Dimensions

Length of Gundeck	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in Hold	Burthen	Source
158' 0"	127' 8"	45' 5"	18' 7"	1,400⁶⁷/₉₄	B057

Armament

Date	1740	B057
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	24	British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4	British 6-Pounder
Date	1748/11	B057
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	12	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1740	600	Establishment	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
1748/11	140	As a Guard Ship	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
1754	540	Establishment of a 66-gun ship	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1741	1745/03	Rear-Admiral	Chaloner Ogle	B057
1755/07	1758	Rear-Admiral	George Pocock	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1740	1741	Post Captain	James Stewart	B057
1741	1743	Post Captain	Harry Norris	B057
1743	1744	Post Captain	Peter Lawrence	B057
1744	1745/07	Post Captain	William Burnaby	B057
1748/10	1750/01/06	Post Captain	Richard Haddock	B057
1750	1752	Post Captain	William Montague	B057
1752	1752/11	Post Captain	James Osborn	B057
1753/01	1754	Commander	Thomas Andrews	B057
1754	1755/07	Post Captain	George Pocock	B057
1755/07	1758/03	Post Captain	John Harrison	B057
1758/03	1758/04/30	Post Captain	William Brereton	B057
1758/05	1759	Post Captain	William Martin	B057
1759	1760	Post Captain	John Stukley Somerset	B057
1760	1760/11/02	Post Captain	Robert Kirk	B057

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1740/10/26	Sailed for the West Indies with Ogle. Disabled in a Gale but repaired at Lisbon.	B057
1741/03	At Porto Bello	B057
1741/07	Start of the operations around Santiago	B057
1741/10	End of the operations around Santiago	B057
1745/07	Left Jamaica for home and to pay off	B057
1746/06	Started repair and reduction to a 2 1/2 deck 66-gun third rate	B057
1748/10	Completed transformation at a cost of £27,351.17.3d	B057
1748/11	Commissioned as a guard ship	B057
1749/05/25	Sailed to Sheerness as guard ship after fitting	B057
1752	Guard ship at Chatham	B057
1752/11	Paid off	B057
1753/01	Recommissioned and fitted as guard ship at Chatham	B057
1754/05/08	Sailed for the East Indies	B057
1754/11	Arrived in the East Indies	B057
1760/11/02	Foundered at anchor in Goa through uncontrollable leaking	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1758/04/29	Battle of Cuddalore
1758/08/03	Battle of Negapatam
1759/09/10	Battle of Pondicherry

Notes

Cost of rebuild was £30,966.0.1d including fitting

Sources

B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792

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