- HMS Chatham
Fifteen ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Chatham" after the port ofChatham, Kent , home of theChatham Dockyard *HMS "Chatham" was a
galliot captured in 1666 during theSecond Anglo-Dutch War and given away in 1667.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 4-gun sloop launched in 1673 and wrecked in 1677.
*HMS "Chatham" was afourth-rate launched in 1691 and sunk as a breakwater atSheerness in 1749. She was raised and broken up in 1762.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 4-gunyacht launched in 1716 and sold in 1742.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 6-gun yacht launched in 1741. She was rebuilt in 1793 and 1842, and broken up by 1867.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1758. She was used for harbour service from 1793 and was a powder hulk from 1805. She was renamed HMS "Tilbury" in 1810 and was broken up in 1814.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 4-gun surveybrig , launched in 1788. She was part ofGeorge Vancouver 's expedition of the Pacific Northwest coast and circumnavigated the globe. She was sold in 1830.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 4-gunschooner purchased in 1790 and sold in 1794.
*HMS "Chatham" was a hired sloop in service in 1793.
*HMS "Chatham" was a transport launched in 1811 and sunk as a breakwater in 1825.
*HMS "Chatham" was a 74-gunthird-rate , originally the French "Royal Hollandais". She was captured on the stocks in 1809 at Flushing, launched in 1812, and sold in 1817.
*HMS "Chatham" was asheer hulk launched in 1813 and broken up in 1876.
*HMS "Chatham" was an ironpaddlewheel gunboat launched in 1835. She was subsequently exported to theUnited States and became ablockade runner for theConfederate Navy during theAmerican Civil War . She was captured by the USS "Huron" in 1863 and became the USS "Chatham". She served with the US Navy until 1865.
*HMS "Chatham" was a Town classlight cruiser launched in 1911. She was lent to theRoyal New Zealand Navy in 1920 and was scrapped in 1926.
*HMS "Chatham" is a Type 22frigate . She was launched in 1988 and is currently in service.ee also
*HMS "Chatham Double"
*HMS "Chatham Hulk"
*HMS "Chatham Prize"References
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