HMS Cumberland (1842)

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Name: HMS Cumberland
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: April 1836
Launched: 21 October 1842
Fate: Burnt, 1889
General characteristics
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2214 tons (2249.5 tonnes)
Length: 180 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 3 in (16.5 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 24 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cumberland.

HMS Cumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 October 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.

She was converted to serve as a training ship in 1870. Cumberland was destroyed by fire in 1889.

[edit] 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.
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