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'''HMS ''Chatham'' (F87)''' is a Type 22 frigate of the ]. She was guardship to the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'' when she withdrew from Hong Kong. In May 2000 ''Chatham'' was part of the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) sent to the coast of Sierra Leone to oversee the evacuation of British, EU and Commonwealth nationals. '''HMS ''Chatham'' (F87)''' is a Type 22 frigate of the ]. She was guardship to the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'' when she withdrew from Hong Kong. In May 2000 ''Chatham'' was part of the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) sent to the coast of Sierra Leone to oversee the evacuation of British, EU and Commonwealth nationals.


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Ordered:
Laid down: 12 May 1986
Launched: 20 January 1988
Commissioned: 4 May 1990
Decommissioned:
Fate: Template:Active in service
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 5300 t
Length: 148.1 m
Beam: 14.8 m
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed: cruise 18 knots (33 km/h), max 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:
Complement: 250 (max 301)
Armament: 114mm (4.5 inch) MK 8 gun

Goalkeeper close-in weapons system (CIWS)
Sea Wolf anti-missile system
2 x Quad Harpoon missile launchers
2 x 20 mm Close range guns
NATO Seagnat Decoy Launchers

Aircraft: Lynx MK 8 helicopters

armed with:
Sea Skua anti-ships missiles
Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes
Mk 11 depth charges
Machine guns

Motto:

HMS Chatham (F87) is a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was guardship to the Royal Yacht Britannia when she withdrew from Hong Kong. In May 2000 Chatham was part of the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) sent to the coast of Sierra Leone to oversee the evacuation of British, EU and Commonwealth nationals.

In December, 2004 the Chatham operated off the coast of Sri Lanka, carrying out relief operations after the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami.

On April 18, 2005, the Chatham, at Alexandria, Egypt, sent a party ashore to provide a burial for the recently-uncovered remains of thirty British sailors and officers who had died during or after the 1798 Battle of the Nile.

See HMS Chatham for other ships of the same name.

RESOURCES

  • Smith, Tannalee. "30 Members of British Fleet Reburied". Associated Press, April 18, 2005.
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