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.jpg) HMS Chatham at the International Fleet Review, 2005
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| Name | HMS Chatham |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Laid down | 12 May 1986 |
| Launched | 20 January 1988 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 1990 |
| Motto | Up and at 'em |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement | 5,300 tons |
| Length | 148.1 m (486 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey gas turbines (high speed) 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruising) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) maximum |
| Complement | 250 (max. 301) |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun Goalkeeper CIWS Sea Wolf anti-missile system 2 × Quad Harpoon missile launchers 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns NATO Seagnat Decoy Launchers |
| Aircraft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) Lynx Mk.8 helicopters armed with: Sea Skua anti-ships missiles Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes Mk 11 depth charges Machine guns |
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 1997 (and served as the control military operations in the months prior to the handover). 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 as part of Operation Palliser, under the captaincy of George Zambellas.
In March 2003 HMS Chatham became the first British warship to fire her guns in anger as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom when she engaged targets on the Al-Faw Peninsula of southern Iraq. Approximately 60 rounds were fired at a variety of targets from her 4.5" gun. In company with HMAS Anzac she remained on station for the following 72 hours at immediate readiness to provide fire support to the troops of the Royal Marines as they advanced up the peninsula.
HMS Chatham deployed from the UK to the Persian Gulf in January and returned in August. During the deployment, in the run up to and the conduct of the invasion of Iraq the ship spent around 90 days at sea continuously in defence watches in the northern part of the Persian Gulf. At times she came very close to hitting mines laid by Iraqi dhows and tugs in the shallow waters to be found in the area.
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 off the coast of Sri Lanka after the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004.
On 18 April 2005, HMS Chatham sent a party ashore at Alexandria in Egypt 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.
On 31 October 2006, she visited the town of Chatham, Massachusetts, on her way to Boston.
In March 2007, she was docked at St. Mary's Island, Chatham, as part of a recruitment drive to encourage local people to join the Navy.
In 2008 Chatham seized 6 of the 23 tonne narcotic haul seized by the Royal Navy between January an August 2008
As of 2008 she is on a 8 month deployment to the Iraqi gulf for peacekeeping missions.
Affiliations
- 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps
- Medway Council
- Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
- Chatham Dockyard Historic Trust
- Medway Towns Sea Cadet Corps - TS Cornwallis
References
- "BBC Website - Shipmates". Retrieved 2006-10-25.
- Smith, Tannalee. "30 Members of British Fleet Reburied". Associated Press, 18 April 2005.
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