HMS Chatham (F87)

	HMS Chatham in harbour, 2010
History
United Kingdom
Name	Chatham
Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Laid down	12 May 1986
Launched	20 January 1988
Sponsored by	Lady Oswald
Commissioned	4 May 1990
Decommissioned	8 February 2011
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification	Pennant number: F87; IMO number: 4907141; International callsign: GABL;
Motto	"Up and at 'em"; Latin: Surge et vince;
Fate	Scrapped October 2013
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 22 frigate
Displacement	5,300 tons
Length	148.1 m (485 ft 11 in)
Beam	14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Spey gas turbines (high speed); 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruising); 2 shafts driving variable-pitch propellers with COGAG (Combined gas and gas) gearbox, allowing all four engines to provide power to the drive train.;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Complement	250 (max. 301)
Armament	2 × Sea Wolf anti-air system (Total of 72 Sea Wolf missiles); 2 × Quad Harpoon missile launchers (total of 8 Harpoons); 2 × triple Magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes (total of 36 torpedoes); 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun; 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns; 1 × Goalkeeper CIWS; NATO Seagnat decoy launchers;
Aircraft carried	2 x Lynx Mk.8 helicopters (but only 1 Lynx in peace time).; Armed with; 4 × Sea Skua anti-ships missiles; 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes; 2 × Mk 11 depth charges; 2 × machine guns;

HMS Chatham was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was decommissioned on 8 February 2011.

Chatham had the rare honour of a motto in English; Up and at 'em, being the rallying cry of the Medway town football and rugby teams. The motto has subsequently been translated back into Latin as Surge et vince.

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