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70 guns: HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 1 December 1750.[1] During the Seven Years War Northumberland was under the command of Lord Alexander Collville. He received command of the ship in 1753 and remained in command until 1762. In 1759, future explorer, James Cook was appointed Master. She was later reclassified as a storeship and renamed Leviathan on 13 September 1777. Leviathan foundered on 27 February 1780 whilst sailing from Jamaica to Britain.[2]

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