Aha BC RIP

Ah now lads, ah now lads, there was a mighty Temeraire if ever I saw one, the HMS Chestleton RIP whose passing below the waves we commemorate this year. She was a mighty waggon built for speed, and there lay her eventual problem. Her crew were hyper-active, they did not believe in legitimate response, and the captain was always trying to anticipate the French rather than follow them and respond accordingly. A nice ship the Chestleton and much given to 21 gun salutes whenever she saw her queen, the young Victoria, and even in her young days, the young William IV. Ah yes a mighty warship retired often though somewhat prematurely when it was thought that steam fighting ships after the USS Lexington would take over the high seas, but she saw action here and there. An honourable member of the Royal Over-Seas League, the headquarters of which her captain, the young Cormac le Vincent and his chief petty officer Patricke le Venerable, often visited in London, and much given to supporting our Russian allies on the Royal Hannoverian Hanseatic League Run. Greenwich Naval College and the Chatham Shipbuilders will miss this one. HMS Chestleton RIP. Sad to see her go, but she was sunk when hit in the midships, just as she was approaching her home port of Milford Haven. Caught by a French skip. Anyway, a sad day for all concerned.