French frigate Cumberland (1747)

Cumberland (or Duc de Cumberland[2]) was a 24-gun frigate of the French Navy, originally the East Indiaman Duke of Cumberland.[1][2]

History
Great Britain
Name: Duke of Cumberland
Namesake: Duke of Cumberland
Builder: England[1][2]
France
Name: Cumberland
Fate: Retired in 1758 [1]
France
Name: Mars
Fate: Lost in late 1758 or 1759.[2]
General characteristics
Class and type: East Indiaman
Tons burthen: 250[1] or 499[2](bm)
Length: 33.1 metres [1]
Beam: 8.4 metres [1]
Depth of hold: 4.4 metres [1]
Propulsion: Sail
Complement: 4 officers and 110 to 180 men[2]
Armament:

Career

On 21 June 1747, the frigates Mutine and Galatée captured Duke of Cumberland off Groix. She was then brought into French naval service as Cumberland.[1]

On 24 February 1748, Cumberland departed for Ile de France and Ile Bourbon under Captain Mézédern, and with La Motte-Picquet as her first officer. After she had called at A Coruña, Cumberland encountered a British 36-gun frigate, leading to an inconclusive battle where she lost 25 killed or wounded. After a 122-day voyage, Cumberland reached Île Bourbon, and then Île de France. From there, she departed for a cruise off India on 20 October 1748.[3].

On 9 February 1749, she arrived at Pondichery with the squadron under Suffren.[1]

In March 1758, the Navy sold her in Brest to a particular for use as the merchantman Mars.[2] She was lost in late 1758 or 1759.[2]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Roche, vol.1, p.136
  2. Demerliac, n°391, p.57
  3. Levot, p. 128

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XV: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1715 à 1774 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-19-5.
  • Levot, Prosper (1866). Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins (in French). Bertrand.
  • Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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