French ship Chatham (1810)
# French ship Chatham (1810)

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

## Career

Built 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. In April, her armament was reduced by ten guns, removed from the upper deck.

She was returned to the Dutch Navy in 1814, and was broken up in 1823.

## Citations

* 1 2 3 Roche, vol.1, p.112
* 1 2 3 4 Winfield, p.61
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Demerliac, p.68, no 471
