Entering Portsmouth Harbour. 3/7/07

HMS Chatham F87
Laid down: 12 May 1986 Launched: 20 January 1988 Commissioned: 4 May 1990
General Characteristics
Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: 6.4 m (24 ft)
Propulsion: 2 Rolls Royce Tyne Gas Turbines 2 Rolls Royce Spey Gas Turbines
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: Cruise 18 knots (33 km/h), max 30 knots (56 km/h) Complement: 250 (max 301) Armament: 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mk 8 gun
Goalkeeper close-in weapons system (CIWS)
Sea Wolf missile system 2 x Quad Harpoon missile launchers 2 x 20 mm Close range guns
Sea Gnat Decoy Launchers
Aircraft: Lynx MK 8 helicopters armed with: Sea Skua anti-ships missiles
Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes Mk 11 depth chargesMachine guns
Motto: Up and at 'em