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 & 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 & 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 Third Rate Auguste, built in Brest in 1704, which the British took her into service as HMS Auguste.

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]

Notes

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