HMS_Chatham_(1691)

HMS <i>Chatham</i> (1691)

HMS Chatham (1691)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with 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]

Quick Facts History, Great Britain ...

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

Captain Robert Harland, circa 1680–1751. In 1714 he commanded the Chatham (seen here in the background) in the Baltic under Sir John Norris, but retired soon after

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

Fate

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

Citations

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