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#The first, a 70-gun Third-rate launched in 1679 , fought in the War Of The Grand Alliance . She was lost in a storm in 1703 .
#The second, a 70-gun Third-rate launched in 1705 , surrendered in 1744 to a French fleet during the War Of The Austrian Succession .
#The third, a 70-gun Third-rate launched in 1750 , fought in the Seven Years' War . In 1777 she was converted to a storeship and renamed ''Leviathan''.
#The fourth, a 74-gun Third-rate launched in 1798 , fought in the Napoleonic Wars , including the Battle Of Groix Island . She gained fame by conveying Napoleon from Plymouth to his exile in Saint Helena . She was decommissioned in 1850 .
#The fifth, a ''Warrior'' class armoured Frigate , was launched in 1868 and decommissioned in 1909 .
#The sixth, ''Northumberland'' (F238) , a Type 23 Frigate , was launched in 1992 .


A French ship also called '' Northumberland '' fought in the Battle of The Glorious First Of June .