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Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the town of Chatham, Kent or the Chatham Dockyard where most were built.
- The first Chatham was a Dutch galliot captured during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1666.
- The second Chatham, was a 4-gun sloop, launched in 1673 at Chatham and wrecked in 1677.
- The third Chatham was a fourth-rate, launched in 1691 at Chatham and broken up in 1762.
- The fourth Chatham was a 14-gun yacht, launched in 1716 at Chatham and sold in 1742.
- The fifth Chatham was a 6-gun yacht, launched in 1741 at Chatham and broken up in 1867.
- The sixth Chatham was a 50-gun fourth-rate, launched in 1758 at Portsmouth, renamed Tilbury in 1810 and broken up in 1814.
- The seventh Chatham was a 4-gun survey brig, launched in 1788 at Dover and sold in 1830. She explored the Pacific commanded by Lieutenant William Broughton. Chatham Island is named after her.
- The eighth Chatham was a 4-gun schooner, launched in 1790 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and sold in 1794.
- The ninth Chatham was a sloop hired in 1793.
- The tenth Chatham was a transport launched in 1811 and sunk in 1825 as a breakwater.
- The eleventh Chatham was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line. She was laid down as the French ship Royal Hollandais, captured on the stocks at Flushing in 1809, transferred to Woolwich, launched in 1812, and sold in 1817.
- The twelfth Chatham was a sheer hulk launched in 1813 at Chatham and broken up in 1876.
- The thirteenth Chatham was an iron paddle gunboat launched in 1835.
- The fourteenth Chatham, launched in 1911, was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class. She served in World War I in the Red Sea and at the Dardanelles. In 1920 she was lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy and served in the East Indies until sold in 1926.
- The fifteenth Chatham (F87), launched in 1988, is a Type 22 frigate.
References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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