French ship Chatham (1810)

Royal Hollandais was a 90-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class.

History
France
Name:	Chatham
Builder:	Glavin, Rotterdam[1]
Laid down:	1799[1]
Launched:	1800[1]
Commissioned:	July 1810[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Chatham class ship of the line
Tonnage:	1500 tonnes[2]
Displacement:	2900 tonnes [2]
Length:	55.2 metres (51.8 at the keel) [2]
Beam:	14.43 metres [2]
Draught:	6.23 metres [2]
Depth:	5.94 metres [2]
Complement:	18 officers 650 to 819 men[2]
Armament:	90 guns on three decks of 30 gun ports each[2]

Career

Started for the Navy of the Batavian Republic, the ship was incorporated in the French Navy when the First French Empire annexed the country. On 10 July, she was appointed to Missiessy's Escaults squadron.[1] In April, her armament was reduced by ten guns, removed from the upper deck.[2]

She was returned to the Dutch Navy in 1814, and was decommissioned in 1823.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.112
2. Demerliac, p.68, no 471

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 68. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 112. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.