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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1986 |
| Launched: | 20 January 1988 |
| Commissioned: | 4 May 1990 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5300 t |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (24 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls Royce Tyne Gas Turbines 2 Rolls Royce Spey Gas Turbines 2 shafts driving variable pitch propellers with COGAG (Combined Gas And Gas) gearbox, allowing all four engines to provide power to the drive train. |
| Speed: | Cruise 18 knots (33 km/h), max 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 250 (max 301) |
| Armament: | 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mk 8 gun Goalkeeper close-in weapons system (CIWS) Sea Wolf missile system 2 x Quad Harpoon missile launchers 2 x 20 mm Close range guns 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: | Up and at 'em |
HMS Chatham (F87) is a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. Just 30 hours before the returning of Hong Kong, Chatham went illegally into the South China Sea, where she was caught by the Chinese Jianghu class frigate Yibin. Both nearly went into a collision when the British CO decided to ram Yibin, which he later evaded the ship instead. 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, 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 Battle of the Nile in 1798.
HMS Chatham also hosted the BBC for the television programme Shipmates which charted the life of ordinary sailors in the Royal Navy. In the program Chatham was filmed on active service in the Persian Gulf, whilst on an anti-terrorist mission. The show also covered the Chatham's humanitarian relief efforts after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
On October 31, 2006, HMS Chatham visited the town of Chatham, Massachusetts. The Chatham was on its way to Boston, but stopped at the town with the same name for that reason. See HMS Chatham for other ships of the same name.
As of 16th March 2007, F87 is docked at St Mary's Island, Chatham as part of a recruitment drive to encourage local people to join the Navy.
Affiliations
- 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps
- Medway Council
- Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
- Chatham Dockyard Historic Trust
References
- Smith, Tannalee. "30 Members of British Fleet Reburied". Associated Press, April 18, 2005.
- "BBC Website - Shipmates". Retrieved 2006-10-25.
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