Two vessels that served the Royal Navy have been named Duchess of Cumberland:
6-gun sloop HMS Duchess of Cumberland, under Commander Edward Marsh. Duchess of Cumberland was wrecked on 22 September 1781 on Cape St. Mary's during a heavy fog. She had been escorting a convoy from Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.Hepper (1994), p.65. Note: Manley has the report that the Duchess of Cumberland was the American privateer Congress, of Beverley, Massachusetts.Maclay (1900), p.125. Congress was armed with eighteen 9-pounders guns, and had a crew of 120 men. captured her at some point between 16 June and 2 July 1781. His Majesty's hired armed cutter .
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