HMS Chatham (1691)
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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 long tons (697.0 t) |
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 long tons (768.1 t) |
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: | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Chatham.
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]
She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford in 1721. Chatham served until 1749, when she was sunk as a breakwater.[2]
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- 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.