HMS Chichester (1785)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Chichester
Ordered	13 May 1782
Builder	Crookenden, Taylor and Smith
Cost	£12,464.16.01
Laid down	August 1782
Launched	10 March 1785
Commissioned	April 1785
Fate	Broken up, July 1815
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Adventure-class ship
Tons burthen	901 90⁄94 (bm)
Length	140 ft 0 in (42.7 m) (gundeck) 115 ft 0+1⁄4 in (35.1 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 4+3⁄4 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 10 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Chichester was a two-deck, fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. One of the Adventure-class ships designed by Edward Hunt, she was built to carry 44 guns but for her entire career she served as a troopship, never carrying more than 22. In 1803, she was part of the squadron under Samuel Hood that captured the French held islands of St Lucia and Tobago, and the Dutch colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice.