HMS Chatham in harbour, 2010
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History | |
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Name | Chatham |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Newcastle, England |
Laid down | 12 May 1986 |
Launched | 20 January 1988 |
Sponsored by | Lady Oswald |
Commissioned | 4 May 1990 |
Decommissioned | 8 February 2011 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
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Fate | Scrapped October 2013 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
Displacement | 5,300 tons |
Length | 148.1 m (485 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max) |
Complement | 250 (max. 301) |
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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.