HMS Chesapeake (1855)
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HMS Chesapeake was a Royal Navy screw-propelled 51-gun frigate launched in 1855, with a crew of 510 men.[1]
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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.
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher served in her in 1860.[3]
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- ↑ Mid-Victorian ships: Chesapeake
- ↑ Chesapeake Memorial Template:Webarchive
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