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HMS Chichester (1695)

HMS Chichester was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 6 March 1695.

She underwent a rebuild in 1706 at Woolwich Dockyard. Chichester served until 1749, when she was broken up.

Tobias Smollett, later to become a well-known writer, served as a naval surgeon on the Chichester.

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References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .