HMS Chesterfield (1745) facts for kids

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Great Britain
Name	HMS Chesterfield
Ordered	23 May 1744
Builder	John Quallett, Rotherhithe
Laid down	2 June 1744
Launched	31 October 1745
Completed	25 January 1746 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	November 1745
In service	1745–1749 1755–1762
Honours and awards	Battle of Minorca (1756)
Fate	Wrecked off Cuba, July 1762
General characteristics
Class and type	44-gun fifth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	719 38⁄94 bm
Length	127 ft 5 in (38.8 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 8.25 in (31.3 m) (keel)
Beam	36 ft 3.5 in (11.1 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	280 officers and crew
Armament	44 guns comprising: Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns Gundeck: 20 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Chesterfield was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, which saw active service in both the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Seven Years' War. Launched in 1745 during a period of war with France, Chesterfield was assigned to the fleet on patrol in the Western Approaches to the British Isles, and later to the protection of British interests in West Africa. Her crew mutinied in October 1748, but returned the vessel to Navy control in early 1749.

Decommissioned in 1749, Chesterfield was restored to service when Britain declared war on France in 1755 for duty in the Mediterranean, North America and the Caribbean. After several years of convoy duty she was wrecked in the Old Bahama Channel, near Cuba, on 24 July 1762.