HMS Chichester (1753)
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Name | HMS Chichester |
Ordered | 12 July 1750 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Launched | 4 June 1753 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" |
Fate | Broken up, 1803 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 1750 amendments 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1401 (bm) |
Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 44 ft 9 in (13.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full rigged ship |
Armament |
HMS Chichester was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the standard draught for 70-gun ships as specified in the 1745 Establishment amended in 1750, and launched on 4 June 1753.[1]
Because Chichester served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1]
Chichester served until 1803, when she was broken up.[1]
Notes and citations
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.
- ^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823.
References
- 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.