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Action of May 8, 1744,
The Action of 8 May 1744 is 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, capture the British ship of the line HMS Northumberland, after a desperate action lasting four hours.
Northumberland's captain, Thomas Watson, and her second-lieutenant are among those killed.