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HMS ''Northumberland'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barnard, Deptford and launched on 2 February 1798.〔 ''Northumberland'', , , , and the brig shared in the proceeds of the French polacca ''Vengeance'', captured entering Valletta, Malta on 6 April. Because ''Northumberland'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants. ''Northumberland'' participated in the Battle of San Domingo (1806), where she was damaged, and suffered 21 killed and 74 wounded, the highest casualties of any British ship in the battle. In 1807 ''Northumberland'' was part of a squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane, who sailed in ''HMS Belleisle''. The squadron, which included ''HMS Prince George'', ''HMS Canada'', ''HMS Ramillies'' and ''HMS Cerberus'', captured the ''Telemaco'', ''Carvalho'' and ''Master'' on 17 April 1807. Following the concern in Britain that neutral Denmark was entering an alliance with Napoleon, ''Northumberland'' participated in the expedition to occupy the Danish West Indies. The British captured St Thomas on 22 December and Santa Cruz on 25 December 1807. The Danes did not resist and the invasion was bloodless. On 22 November 1810, ''Northumberland'', while in the company of HMS ''Armada'', a 74-gun third rate, captured the 14-gun French privateer ketch ''La Glaneuse''. She received a measure of fame when she transported Napoleon I into captivity on the Island of Saint Helena. Napoleon had surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS ''Bellerophon'', on 15 July 1815 and was then transported to Plymouth.〔Tracy, N, ''Who's Who in Nelson's Navy: 200 Heroes,'' Chatham, 2006, p. 237〕 Napoleon was transferred in Tor Bay, Devon from the ''Bellerophon'' to the ''Northumberland'' for his final voyage to St. Helena because concerns were expressed about the suitability of the ageing ship. HMS ''Northumberland'' was therefore selected instead. She was converted to a hulk in February 1827, and returned to Deptford to be broken up in 1850.〔 ==Notes and citations== Notes Citations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Northumberland (1798)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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