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Chatham

HMS Chatham

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns50 guns
WarSeven Years' War

Fifty-gun ship at Quiberon Bay.

His Majesty's Ship Chatham of 50 guns. Commanded by Vice Admiral William Perry. Captain James Worth, a watercolour by Robert Raymond (Warrant Officer). The earliest known in-service image of the ship. Taken from the Maritime Journal of Warrant Officer Robert Raymond RN (1767-1783). commencing, 13 Ma Photo: Robert Raymond (active 1767-1783), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Launched25 April 1758
Length147 ft (44.8 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

25 April 1758

20 November 1759

John Lockhart

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1814