HMS Chub

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chub, or alternatively HMS Chubb, a name given to several types of fish, many in the family Cyprinidae:

  • {{HMS|Chub|1807}} was a 4-gun {{sclass|Ballahoo| schooner}} launched in 1807. She capsized in 1812.
  • HMS Chubb was a schooner on the Great Lakes, the American {{USS|Growler|1812 sloop|6}}, which the British captured in 1813. The Americans recaptured her at the Battle of Lake Champlain and sold her in 1815.{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_v.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802041628/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_v.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2011|title=NMM, vessel ID 382365|work=Warship Histories, vol. v|publisher=National Maritime Museum|accessdate=30 July 2011}}
  • {{HMS|Chub|1855}} was a {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat|0}} wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and broken up by 1869.

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  • {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}

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