| Name: | CHATHAM |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Keel: | 12/05/1986 |
| Launched: | 20/01/1988 |
| Completed: | 04/05/1990 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune & Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 126 |
| Dimensions: | 5300disp, 148.1 x 14.8 x 6.4(draft)metres |
| Engines: | 2 x Olympus gas turbines, 2 x Tyne gas turbines, 54600shp & 9700shp |
| Engines by: | Rolls-Royce Plc |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 6 x Sea Wolf Anti-Air missiles, 2 x 4 x Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles; |
| 2 x 3 x Anti-Sub torpedoes, 1 x 4.5ins gun, 2 x Helicopters | |
| History: | |
| 04/05/1990 | British Royal Navy |
| 28/10/2013 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Type 22 (Batch 3) Class of frigates |
| Allocated pennant number F87 | |
| 09/02/2011: Decommissioned and awaiting disposal | |
| 28/10/2013: Arrived at Aliaga for breaking up by Leyal GS |
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