HMS Chesterfield (1745)
{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Chesterfield}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |Ship name=HMS Chesterfield |Ship ordered=23 May 1744 |Ship builder=John Quallett, Rotherhithe |Ship laid down=2 June 1744 |Ship launched=31 October 1745 |Ship acquired= |Ship completed=25 January 1746 at Deptford Dockyard |Ship commissioned=November 1745 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service=*1745–1749
|Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours=*Battle of Minorca (1756) |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Wrecked off Cuba, July 1762 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=719 {{fraction|38|94}} bm |Ship length=*{{convert|127|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|36|ft|3.5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|15|ft|5|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship complement=280 officers and crew |Ship armament=*44 guns comprising:
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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.Winfield 2007, p.171
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.
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book | last = Winfield| first = Rif|title = British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates | publisher = Seaforth| year = 2007|isbn=9781844157006}}
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Category:Ships built in Rotherhithe