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Ship name=HMS Chester
Ship ordered=24 January 1743
Ship builder=Wells & Bronsdon, Deptford
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Ship class=1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
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140|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
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Ship draught=
17|ft|2+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship
Ship propulsion=Sails
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Ship armament=*50 guns:
Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
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HMS Chester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 18 February 1743.[1]Chester was sold out of the navy in 1767.[1]
Notes
1. ^1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 172.
References
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Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.