HMS Chatham was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 20 October 1691 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]
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Name | HMS Chatham |
Builder | Lee, Chatham Dockyard |
Launched | 20 October 1691 |
Fate | Sunk as breakwater, 1749 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 686 (bm) |
Length | 126 ft (38.4 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1721 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type | 1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 756 (bm) |
Length | 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 2 in (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
In 1705 she captured the French 60-gun Auguste, built in Brest in 1704, which the British took into service as HMS Auguste.
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She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford in 1721.
Fate
editChatham served until 1749, when she was sunk as a breakwater.[2]
Citations
editReferences
edit- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.