History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Chichester
Builder	Lee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	6 March 1695
Fate	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1210 bm
Length	157 ft 3 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 9.5 in (12.7 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1706 rebuild[2]
Class and type	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1278 bm
Length	155 ft 6 in (47.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 10 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	80 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Chichester was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 6 March 1695.^[1]

She underwent a rebuild in 1706 at Woolwich Dockyard. Chichester served until 1749, when she was broken up.^[2]

Tobias Smollett, later to become a well-known writer, served as a naval surgeon on the Chichester.

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