HMS Chichester was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 6 March 1695.[1]
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Name | HMS Chichester |
Builder | Lee, Chatham Dockyard |
Launched | 6 March 1695 |
Fate | Broken up, 1749 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1210 bm |
Length | 157 ft 3 in (47.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 41 ft 9.5 in (12.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 80 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1706 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type | 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1278 bm |
Length | 155 ft 6 in (47.4 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 10 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 80 guns of various weights of shot |
She underwent a rebuild in 1706 at Woolwich Dockyard. Chichester served until 1749, when she was broken up.[2]
Tobias Smollett, later to become a well-known writer, served as a naval surgeon on the Chichester.
Notes
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edit- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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