Following 20 Years Of Service, HMS Chatham Returns To Homeport For Last Time
January 31 2011
HMS Chatham has returned to her homeport in Plymouth for the last time before her decommissioning, reports the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
The 20-year-old Cornwall-class (or Type 22) frigate is scheduled to be officially decommissioned during a ceremony on Feb. 8. She arrived back in Plymouth on Jan. 26.
All four of the Cornwall-class ships are slated for decommissioning as part of the U.K.'s recent strategic defense and security review.
The frigate's ultimate fate has yet to...
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