HMS Chichester explained
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chichester, after the city of Chichester:
- was an 80-gun second rate launched in 1695. She was rebuilt in 1706 and broken up in 1749.
- was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1753 and broken up in 1803.
- was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1785. She became a storeship in 1799, was lent to the West India Dock Company as a training ship, and was broken up in 1815.[1]
- HMS Chichester was a 26-gun storeship, formerly the French corvette, launched in 1806 and captured in 1809; Chichester was wrecked in 1811.
- was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1843, but laid up that year. She was lent as a training ship in 1866 and was sold in 1889.
- was a launched in 1955 and broken up in 1981.
Notes and References
- https://archive.org/stream/navalchronicleco09lond#page/80/mode/2up/search/halifax Naval Chronicle