HMS Chatham (1911)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Chatham
Namesake	Chatham, Kent
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	3 January 1911
Launched	9 November 1911
Commissioned	December 1912
Fate	Sold for scrap, 13 July 1926
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,400 long tons (5,487 t)
Length	430 ft (131.1 m) p/p; 457 ft (139.3 m) o/a;
Beam	49 ft (14.9 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m) (mean)
Installed power	12 × Yarrow boilers; 25,000 shp (19,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 3 × steam turbines
Speed	25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Range	4,460 nmi (8,260 km; 5,130 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	475
Armament	8 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 4 × single 3-pdr 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 2 in (51 mm); Deck: .375–1.5 in (9.5–38.1 mm); Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm);

HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1926.

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