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HMS Leviathan (1777) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Leviathan was a
storeship. Originally HMS Northumberland (1750), a third rate, 70-gun ship. Built at Plymouth Dockyard, launched 01-Dec-1750, 160ft long, 4ft wide and of 1,414 tons builders measurement. Renamed HMS Leviathan 13-Sep-1777 when changed to a storeship. Foundered 27-Feb-1780 when on passage from Jamaica to Britain.
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