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.[1]
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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.[1]
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edit- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.