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in January and returned in August. During the deployment, in the run-up to and the conduct of the invasion of Iraq, the ship spent around 90 days at sea continuously at defence watches in the northern part of the Persian Gulf. At times she came very close to hitting mines laid by Iraqi dhows and tugs
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for the last time on 27 January 2011. The ship was decommissioned in February 2011. She was stripped of equipment and laid up at Portsmouth and in July 2013 sold to Turkish company Leyal for demolition.
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to provide a burial for the recently uncovered remains of thirty British sailors and officers who had died during or after the 1798
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to enforce the embargo against the former Yugoslavia in 1993. Her most notable action was on 1 May 1994 and the capture of the
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she remained on station for the following 72 hours at immediate readiness to provide fire support to the troops of the
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of southern Iraq. Approximately 60 rounds were fired at a variety of targets from her 4.5-inch gun. In company with
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was filmed on active service in the Persian Gulf, whilst on an anti-terrorist mission. The show also covered the
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underwent repairs after sabotage to the ship's engine room by her crew, before being diverted to
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town football and rugby teams. The motto has subsequently been translated back into Latin as
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Smith, Tannalee. "30 Members of British Fleet Reburied". Associated Press, 18 April 2005.
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was responsible for the capture of six tonnes of the 23-tonne narcotic haul seized by the
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coast. Before the cargo vessel sank, 23 crew members were rescued by helicopters from
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2 × triple Magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes (total of 36 torpedoes)
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to oversee the evacuation of British, EU and Commonwealth nationals as part of
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in 1997 (and served as the control military operations in the months prior to
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was towed to the Leyal shipyard in Turkey on her final voyage for breaking.
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which charted the life of sailors in the Royal Navy. In the program,
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was part of the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) sent to the coast of
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between January and August 2008. As of March 2010, she was the
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challenged the NATO operation and one of them attempted to ram
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United Nations Naval Peace Operations in the Territorial Sea
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1990 Type 22 or Broadsword class frigate of the Royal Navy
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was affiliated to a number of military and civil bodies:
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flagship for international naval operations against
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She was decommissioned on 8 February 2011. 679:On 31 October 2006, she visited the town of 493:aircraft which scrambled from an airbase at 362:helicopters (but only 1 Lynx in peace time). 454:, which was suspected of smuggling fuel to 415:had the rare honour of a motto in English; 1182: 1168: 941: 939: 819:1404 Chatham Squadron (Air Training Corps) 813:TS Cornwallis (Medway Town Sea Cadet Unit) 293:30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max) 1053: 1033: 1031: 21:For other ships with the same name, see 936: 886:"Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" 469:, who had forced the merchant to stop. 1501: 798:Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors 430: 1163: 1028: 239:148.1 m (485 ft 11 in) 51: 1189: 1155:HMS Chatham Commissioning Book (PDF) 572:became the first British warship to 1083:"Crew Says Farewell To HMS Chatham" 613:as they advanced up the peninsula. 458:. The British frigate assisted the 13: 1534:Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy 1488:List of frigates of the Royal Navy 1131:affiliations – Royal Navy Website" 247:14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) 14: 1545: 1148: 918:"Royal Navy Major Surface Vessel" 807:Chatham Dockyard Historic Society 752:As a result of defence cuts, HMS 255:6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) 1420: 1387: 1318: 1199: 810:Royal Naval Association, Chatham 736:, and left her drifting off the 720:pirate boats in the Somali Basin 419:, being the rallying cry of the 204: 53: 31: 1119: 1093: 1075: 803:Chatham Dockyard Historic Trust 771: 322:launchers (total of 8 Harpoons) 1019: 998: 978: 969: 910: 878: 1: 1529:Ships built on the River Tyne 871: 828:Almost all the commanders of 634:for the television programme 584:, she engaged targets on the 782:Ship's Sponsor: Lady Oswald 748:Decommissioning and disposal 709: 619:deployed from the UK to the 544: 435: 168:International callsign: GABL 7: 824:Notable commanding officers 519:, she was guardship to the 10: 1550: 1524:Ships built by Swan Hunter 330:4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun 20: 1483: 1463: 1418: 1385: 1316: 1197: 1006:"BBC Website – Shipmates" 729:disabled a cargo vessel, 561:, under the captaincy of 269:gas turbines (high speed) 212: 46: 30: 984:McLaughlin, Rob (2009). 653:after the December 2004 380:anti-submarine torpedoes 1063:. 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Index

HMS Chatham

Swan Hunter
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
HMNB Devonport
Plymouth
Pennant number
IMO number
4907141
Ship's badge
Type 22 frigate
Rolls-Royce Marine Spey
Rolls-Royce Tyne
Combined gas and gas
Sea Wolf
Harpoon missile
4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun
Goalkeeper CIWS
NATO Seagnat
Lynx Mk.8
Sea Skua
Sting Ray
Type 22 frigate
Royal Navy
Medway
Operation Sharp Guard
Maltese freighter
Montenegro
Dutch

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