HMS Chesapeake (1855) explained

HMS Chesapeake was a Royal Navy screw-propelled 51-gun frigate launched in 1855, with a crew of 510 men.[1] She saw action during the Second Opium War and there is a memorial to her losses at Southsea, near Portsmouth.[2] She was the flagship of the British China Squadron in 1861.

Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher served in her in 1860.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=77 Mid-Victorian ships: Chesapeake
  2. http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/southsea/chesapeake.htm Chesapeake Memorial

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