HMS Chesapeake (1855)
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.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Chesapeake |
| Launched: | 1855-09-12 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1867, Charlton |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Forte class |
| Displacement: | 1,610 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 1,111 tons |
| Length: | 235 ft (72 m) |
| Propulsion: | screw |
| Complement: | 510 |
| Armament: | 51 guns |
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher served in her in 1860.[3]
Notes
- Mid-Victorian ships: Chesapeake
- Chesapeake Memorial Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Mackay, Ruddock F. (1973), Fisher of Kilverstone, London: Oxford Clarendon Press, pp. 13–28
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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