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HMS Chatham (F87)

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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.

See HMS Chatham for other ships of the same name.

Type 22 frigates
 Royal Navy
 Brazilian Navy
 Chilean Navy
 Romanian Naval Forces
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