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'{|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] | Ship flag = [[Image:British-White-Ensign-1707.svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]] | Ship name = HMS ''Chatham'' | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = King, [[Dover]] | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1788 | Ship acquired = 12 February 1788 | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold in 1830 | Ship status = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = 4-gun survey [[brig]] | Ship tons burthen = 133 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]] | Ship length = {{convert|80|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|22|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship hold depth = | Ship sail plan = [[Brig]] | Ship propulsion = Sails | Ship complement = 45 | Ship armament =*Four 3-pdr guns *6 [[swivel gun|swivels]] | Ship notes = }} |} {{otherships|HMS Chatham}} '''HMS ''Chatham''''' was a [[Royal Navy]] survey [[brig]] that accompanied [[HMS Discovery (1789)|HMS ''Discovery'']] on [[George Vancouver]]'s exploration of the west coast of [[North America]] in his [[Vancouver Expedition|1791–1795 expedition]].<ref name=naish>{{cite book |author=Naish, John |title=The Interwoven Lives of George Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, Joseph Whidbey and Peter Puget: The Vancouver Voyage of 1791–1795 |publisher=The Edward Mellen Press, Ltd. |year=1996| isbn = 0-7734-8857-X }}</ref> ''Chatham'' was built by King, of [[Dover]] and launched in early 1788. She was purchased for navy service on 12 February 1788. ==The Vancouver Expedition== ''Chatham'''s first significant voyage was Vancouver's five-year mission to the [[South Sea Islands|South Seas]] and Pacific Northwest coast of America. Her commander was Lieutenant [[William Robert Broughton]], with 2nd Lieutenant James Hanson.<ref name=discovery>{{cite web |url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mymhiwe:@field(DOCID+@lit(mymhiwef897p9m4div13)) |title=Muster Table of His Majesties Sloop The Discovery |year=1791 |accessdate=15 December 2006|publisher=Admiralty Records in the Public Record Office, U.K.}}</ref> In November 1791, while exploring the South Pacific, Broughton's crew were the first [[Europe]]ans to sight the [[Chatham Islands]], which they named after their ship. Among the other achievements of ''Chatham's'' crew was the exploration of the [[Columbia River]] as far as the [[Columbia River Gorge]], reaching today's eastern [[Multnomah County, Oregon|Multnomah County]] east of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and north west of [[Mount Hood]]. A plaque erected by the State of Oregon along [[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 84]] commemorates the spot where Broughton landed in 1792. In November 1792 ''Chatham's'' commander was sent back to England with dispatches; [[Peter Puget]] was her commander through her return to England on 17 October 1794. ''Chatham'' suffered severe wear on her long voyage, and was repaired at [[Deptford]] in 1797. She continued in Royal Navy service until 1830, when she was sold in [[Jamaica]]. ===The lost anchor=== In 2008, a scuba fisherman found a 900 lb. anchor off [[Whidbey Island]] that he and others believe was lost from ''Chatham'' on June 9, 1792. Northwest historian Richard Blumenthal stated that, "They indeed found an anchor that fits the description of the anchor lost at that time".<ref>[http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022868192_boatanchhorxml.html "Anchor found off Whidbey Island may solve 200-year-old mystery", by Craig Welch, ''The Seattle Times''] (Feb 2014) retrieved June 2014</ref> In June 2014, the anchor was raised and will be assessed to see if it is actually the sole remaining relic of Capt. George Vancouver’s famed 1792 voyage into [[Puget Sound]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Welch|first1=Craig|title=Anchor hauled up; is it 222-year-old relic from Vancouver’s fleet?|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023808085_anchorrecoveredxml.html|accessdate=15 June 2014|work=Seattle Times|date=10 June 2014}}</ref> At the Seattle Boat Show on February 3, 2017 Richard Blumenthal related that no markings have been found on the Whidbey Island anchor. Furthermore he maintains that it was not the type of anchor used by the British and may have been too large for HMS Chatham. The anchor is most unlikely to have come from the Chatham or any other vessel associated with Vancouver. ==See also== * [[European and American voyages of scientific exploration]] ==References== {{reflist}} *{{Colledge}} ==See also== * [[Torotoro_(Moriori)|Torotoro]] ==External links== * [http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/corral/ships/chatham.html Digitised copies of the original logs of HMS Chatham], [http://badc.nerc.ac.uk British Atmospheric Data Centre]/[[The National Archives]] as part of [http://www.corral.org.uk/ the CORRAL project] *{{cite journal|last=Elliiot|first=T.C.|title=The Log of H. M. S. "Chatham"|journal=The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society|date=1 Dec 1917|volume=18|url=https://archive.org/stream/jstor-20610082/20610082#page/n3/mode/1up|accessdate=15 April 2013}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatham, HMS}} [[Category:Survey vessels of the Royal Navy]] [[Category:Brigs of the Royal Navy]] [[Category:Exploration ships of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1788 works]] [[Category:1788 ships]] [[Category:Age of Discovery ships]] {{Oregon Early History}}'