HMS Northumberland (1705)
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HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1705.
Northumberland (left) at the action of 8 May 1744
Étienne Perier (governor)
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Étienne Perier or Étienne de Perier, also known as Perier the Elder, was a French naval officer and governor of French Louisiana from 1726 to 1733. His time as governor included some notable achieveme
HMS Northumberland (1705)
…Establishment, and relaunched on 17 October 1743. Northumberland was captured during the action of 8 May 1744 by the French ships Mars commanded by Étienne Perier and Content commanded by the Comte de Conflans. She was subsequently taken into the French navy as Northumberland, before being renamed Atlas in 1766…
Posthumous portrait by unknown artist
New Orleans tiled lettering marking Perrier Street.