# Chesapeake Mill

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{{short description|Watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England}}
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The '''Chesapeake Mill''' is a [watermill](/source/watermill) in [Wickham](/source/Wickham%2C_Hampshire), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), [England](/source/England). The [flour mill](/source/gristmill) was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS ''Chesapeake'', which had previously been the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [frigate](/source/frigate) {{USS|Chesapeake|1799|6}}. The ''Chesapeake'' was attacked and boarded by [HMS ''Leopard''](/source/HMS_Leopard_(1790)) on 22 June 1807. She was released but the event caused an uproar among Americans (see [Chesapeake–Leopard affair](/source/Chesapeake%E2%80%93Leopard_affair)).  She was [captured](/source/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake) on 1 June 1813 by the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) frigate {{HMS|Shannon|1806|6}} during [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812).

In July 1819 the [Commissioners of the Royal Navy](/source/Commissioners_of_the_Royal_Navy) put her up for sale at Plymouth.<ref name="Gazette1228">{{London Gazette|issue=17494|page=1228|date=13 July 1819}}</ref> Joshua Holmes, a [ship breaker](/source/Ship_breaking) in Portsmouth, purchased her for £500; he dismantled the ship and sold her timbers for £3,450.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Caiella |first=J M |date=August 2007 |title=Connecting with the Ships |journal=Naval History |volume=21 |issue=4}}</ref><ref name="TVP2" /> Eventually her timbers became part of the mill.<ref name="CMill">{{cite web |title=The Chesapeake Mill&nbsp;— history |publisher=The Chesapeake Mill |url=http://www.chesapeakemill.co.uk/historypdf001.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=22 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030083543/http://www.chesapeakemill.co.uk/historypdf001.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Beach113">Beach (1986), p. 113.{{Full citation needed|date=June 2020}}</ref> Timbers from the ''Chesapeake'' were bought by John Prior, who was preparing to build a new mill at Wickham. The five main spine beams to each floor, the floor joists, the roof timbers and most of the window lintels are of American [longleaf pine](/source/longleaf_pine) from the ship.<ref name=NHLE/>

The mill remained in operation until 1976 and now serves as a retail centre for antique and gift sellers. It is a Grade II* [listed building](/source/listed_building).<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE |num=1157675 |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref>
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In 1996 a timber fragment from the Chesapeake Mill was returned to the United States; it is on display at the [Hampton Roads Naval Museum](/source/Hampton_Roads_Naval_Museum) in Norfolk, Virginia.<ref name="TVP2">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Clancy |title=The Little Warship That Never Quite Could |work=The Virginian Pilot |page=B3 |date=17 June 2007}}</ref>

In late 2020 another piece of the original frigate was returned to the United States. It was given to the U.S. Navy's [Secretary of the Navy](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy), during his visit to England.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-01-15|title=SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2474454/secnav-names-future-vessels-while-aboard-historic-navy-ship/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115235525/https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2474454/secnav-names-future-vessels-while-aboard-historic-navy-ship/ |archive-date=2021-01-15 |access-date=2021-01-16|website=United States Navy|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite news |title=New Light on Chesapeake's Defeat 100 Years Ago |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/01/100626309.pdf |format=pdf |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=1 June 1913}}

==External links==
* [https://thechesapeakemill.com/ Chesapeake Mill website] 
{{Shopping centres in Southeast England}}

Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire
Category:Shopping centres in Hampshire
Category:Watermills in Hampshire
Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1820
Category:Grade II* listed industrial buildings

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