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	18 officers 650 to 819 men [3]
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

Built for the Batavian Navy, 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

1. Roche, vol.1, p.112
2. Winfield, p.61
3. Demerliac, p.68, no 471

References

• 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.