HMS ''Chichester'' was a 70-gun

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of the

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, designed by Sir

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and built by

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to the standard draught for 70-gun ships as specified in the

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amended in 1750, and launched on 4 June 1753. In late 1757 or early 1758 ''Chichester'', Captain William Saltern Willett, captured the French privateer

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''Actiffe'', of Dunkirk. ''Actiffe'', of about 140 tons (bm), was pierced for 12 guns but had nine mounted, plus eight

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. She was to be sold by the candle at

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on 11 April 1758. Because ''Chichester'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the

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authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants. ''Chichester'' served until 1803, when she was broken up.

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*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Chichester (1753) Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1753 ships