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Frigate of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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]
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