HMS Chester (1691) explained

HMS Chester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 21 March 1691. She was ordered on 20 March 1690 to be built at Woolwich Dockyard by Master Shipwright Joseph Lawrence - on the same day as her stable-mate Centurion (to be built at Deptford Dockyard), and six days after the first ship of this batch (the Chatham to be built at Chatham Dockyard) - to a similar design to the prototype of this "123-ft" type - the Sedgemoor of 1687.^[1] She was launched on 21 March 1691 (15 days after the Centurion and 30 days before the Chatham).She was captured by the French 56-gun privateer Jason at the Battle at The Lizard on 21 October 1707.^[2]

See also

• List of ships captured in the 18th century

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .
• Winfield, Rif (1997), The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History. Chatham Publishing (1st edition); Mercury Books (2nd edition 2005). .
• Winfield, Rif (2009), British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. .

Notes and References

1. Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714, p.131.
2. Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714, p.131.