HMS Chichester (1695)

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NameHMS Chichester
BuilderLee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched6 March 1695
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,210 long tons (1,229.4 t)
Length157 ft 3 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 9.5 in (12.7 m)
Depth of hold17 ft (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1706 rebuild [2]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,278 long tons (1,298.5 t)
Length155 ft 6 in (47.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 10 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament80 guns of various weights of shot

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]

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

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

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