HMS Chatham was a Royal Navy survey brig, built in 1788, that accompanied HMS Discovery on George Vancouver's exploration of the West Coast of North America...
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1805. She was renamed HMS Tilbury in 1810 and was broken up in 1814. HMS Chatham (1788) was a 4-gun survey brig, launched in 1788. She was part of George...
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Chatham's first dry dock was opened in 1581 (for repairing naval galleys). The first ship to be built at the dockyard, a 10-gun pinnace named HMS Merlin...
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residential use, and part was used as the Chatham Historic Dockyard museum. Its attractions include the submarine HMS Ocelot. The town has important road links...
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HMS Glory was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 5 July 1788 at Plymouth. In 1798, some of her crew were court-martialed...
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HMS Swan in 1782, but capsized later that year. HMS Swan (1788) was a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1788 for the Revenue Service, assigned to Royal Naval...
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hulked in 1805 and was broken up in 1819. HMS Alexander (1788) was a store ship in service between 1788 and 1790. HMS Alexander (1796) was a 6-gun schooner...
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HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Chatham Dockyard on 16 September 1788. She was designed by...
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brig-aviso Lutin launched in 1788 that HMS Pluto captured off Newfoundland 25 July 1793; she was sold at Plymouth on 26 January 1796. HMS Lutine was the French...
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Spithead in 1782. HMS Royal George (1776) was a 20-gun sloop listed as serving on the Canadian lakes in 1776. HMS Royal George (1788) was a 100-gun first...
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