French ship Chatham (1810)
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Chatham |
| Builder | Glavin, Rotterdam[1] |
| Laid down | May 1799[2] |
| Launched | 24 May 1800[2] |
| Completed | 1801 |
| Commissioned | July 1810[1] |
| Fate | Returned to Dutch control 1 August 1814, broken up 1823[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1500 tonnes[3] |
| Displacement | 2900 tonnes [3] |
| Length | 61.5 metres (51.8 at the keel) [3] |
| Beam | 14.43 metres [3] |
| Draught | 6.23 metres [3] |
| Depth | 5.94 metres [3] |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 90 guns on three decks of 30 gun ports each[3] |
Chatham was a 90-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class.
Career
[edit]Built for the Navy of the Batavian Republic, the ship was incorporated in the French Navy when the First French Empire annexed the country. On 10 July, she was appointed to Missiessy's Escaults squadron.[1] In April, her armament was reduced by ten guns, removed from the upper deck.[3]
She was returned to the Dutch Navy in 1814, and was broken up in 1823.[2]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 68. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 112. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.