HMS Chatham (1691)

History
Great Britain
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:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

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]

In 1705 she captured the French 60-gun Auguste, built in Brest in 1704, which the British took into service as HMS Auguste.

She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford in 1721.

Chatham was one of the British ships-of-the-line at the Battle of Toulon (1744).

Fate

Chatham served until 1749, when she was sunk as a breakwater.[2]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p. 164.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p. 170.

References

  • 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.


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