HMS Chatham (F87)

HMS Chatham in harbour, 2010
History
United Kingdom
NameChatham
BuilderSwan Hunter, Newcastle, England
Laid down12 May 1986
Launched20 January 1988
Sponsored byLady Oswald
Commissioned4 May 1990
Decommissioned8 February 2011
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification
Motto
  • "Up and at 'em"
  • Latin: Surge et vince
FateScrapped October 2013
BadgeShip's badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 22 frigate
Displacement5,300 tons
Length148.1 m (485 ft 11 in)
Beam14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Complement250 (max. 301)
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 2 x Lynx Mk.8 helicopters (but only 1 Lynx in peace time).
  • Armed with
    • 4 × Sea Skua anti-ships missiles
    • 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes
    • 2 × Mk 11 depth charges
    • 2 × machine guns

HMS Chatham was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was decommissioned on 8 February 2011.

Chatham had the rare honour of a motto in English; Up and at 'em, being the rallying cry of the Medway town football and rugby teams.[3] The motto has subsequently been translated back into Latin as Surge et vince.

  1. ^ "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Royal Navy Major Surface Vessel". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Ship background – HMS Chatham at Navy News". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2009.