HMS Chester (1708) explained
HMS Chester was a 50-gun
fourth rate ship of the line of the
Royal Navy, built at
Chatham Dockyard to the
1706 Establishment of dimensions, and launched on 18 October 1708.
Chester was placed on harbour service in 1743 and was broken up in 1749.
Chester along with, during the War of Jenkins' Ear captured the Spanish Caracca St Joseph on 23 September 1739. The St Joseph was probably the most valuable single prize of the war.[1]
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .
Notes and References
- https://books.google.|co.uk/books?id=Y5WCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1732&lpg British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers ..., by Rif Winfield, published 2007