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HMS Northumberland is a Type 23 Frigate named for the Duke of Northumberland. Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, she has proven versatile enough for all manner of operations.
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Operation Westlant is designed to put the Carrier Strike Group through its paces on the USA Eastern Seaboard.
Alongside in her home port of Devonport Naval Base. Training our team and maintaining our equipment to make sure we are fighting fit for the challenge.
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Will Edwards-Bannon joined the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer in 2005 and he has enjoyed a diverse career to-date, serving at sea on national and international operations – both above and below the waves – as well as at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Whitehall and in Navy Command Headquarters (NCHQ). First selected for Sea Command in 2018, Will was selected for a second time in 2020 and assumed Command of HMS NORTHUMBERLAND in late 2021.
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As a Type 23 frigate (also known as the Duke class), HMS Northumberland was originally designed to carry out anti-submarine operations in the North Atlantic. Today, this versatile ship carries out a wide variety of maritime security operations, including counter-piracy, escort duties and boarding operations. As the name suggests, HMS Northumberland maintains close ties with the North East of England. She was built by the Swan Hunter shipyard in Tyne and Wear and is affiliated with the county of Northumberland.
The lineage begins in 1679 with a 70-gun third rate which saw action at Barfleur 1692 and Vigo in 1702. She was one of 13 warships from the Mediterranean Fleet to succumb to the Great Storm of 1703.
The second ship to bear the name Northumberland was a carbon copy of her predecessor and served for four decades.
The second HMS Northumberland was captured by the French after a battle in 1744. She was subsequently taken into the French navy and renamed Atlas.
The third ship was launched on 1 December 1750. She paid the French back by seizing Louisberg 1758 and Quebec 1759. She was reclassified as a storeship and renamed Leviathan in 1777.
The fourth Northumberland was a 74 gun frigate captured from the French in the famous Glorious First of June battle in 1794, but was quickly broken up the following year.
The next HMS Northumberland was another thorn in France’s side, helping to maul French warships in the West Indies in the wake of Trafalgar.
One of HMS Northumberland's final front-line duties was to carry Napoleon to St Helena in 1815 after defeat at Waterloo. She was broken up in 1850.
The ‘armoured frigate’ Northumberland served during the height of Pax Britannica in the late 19th Century. She ended her days as a stoker’s training ship before being turned into a coal hulk.
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