HMS Chester

HMS Chester

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Chester", after the city of Chester:

*HMS "Chester" was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1691. She was captured by the French in 1707 at the Battle at The Lizard.
*HMS "Chester" was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1708. She was on harbour service from 1743 and was broken up in 1750.
*HMS "Chester" was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1767.
*HMS "Chester" was a Town class light cruiser originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914 as "Lambros Katsonis". She was taken over before her launch in 1915 and was sold in 1921.

There was also a planned Castle class corvette named HMS "Chester Castle". She was cancelled in 1943.

A fictional HMS "Chester" appeared in the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies".

ee also

*HMS "Chesterfield"


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