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Description: | 1 in 100 scale model of the Type 22 frigate HMS 'Chatham' built by Swan Hunter in the Neptune Yard, Wallsend on the River Tyne in 1988. She was the last ship to be launched before Swan Hunter closed down. Earlier versions of the Type 22 had no guns but relied entirely on missiles and torpedoes. Experience in service led to the mounting of a 4.5 inch gun on 'Chatham'. In the 1990s 'Chatham' was part of NATO's standing naval force in the Atlantic, and later worked in the Gulf. She is still in active service today. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | made in the North East shipbuilding | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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