. "The Action of 8 May 1744 was a minor naval engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in which two French ships of the line, the 60-gun Content, and the 64-gun Mars, captured the British ship of the line HMS Northumberland, after a desperate action lasting four hours. Northumberland\u200D\u200A'\u200Bs captain, Thomas Watson, and her second-lieutenant were among those killed."@en . . "Light" . . . "Action of 8 May 1744"@en . "1Ship of the line" . "2Ships of the line" . "French victory" . "1744-05-08Z"^^ . "1Sixth-rate" . . "France" .