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HMS Chesterfield

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chesterfield, after the town of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire:

  • HMS Chesterfield (1745) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1745. She foundered in 1762.
  • HMS Chesterfield (1913) was a fleet messenger during WWI
  • HMS Chesterfield (I28) was a Town-class destroyer, originally the US Navy's Clemson-class destroyer USS Welborn C. Wood. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940 and was sold for scrapping in 1947.

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