HMS Cavalier

HMS Cavalier is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944, and commissioned on 22 November 1944.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Ocelot and HMS Gannet.

Photo: Mark.murphy, Public domain.
is an Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine which was operated by the Royal Navy.

is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned as a training ship for boys in the Hamble from 1913. is situated 370 feet north of HMS Cavalier.

Historic site
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in , . Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres, comprising the 18th-century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Trust and is now open as a visitor attraction. is situated 390 feet east of HMS Cavalier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brompton and Rochester Riverside.

Village
is a suburban village situated between the town centres of and , lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in , , . Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub.

Locality
is a large-scale urban regeneration district located on a 74-acre brownfield site between the and the in , , .

is a historic maritime town in the county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.

HMS Cavalier

Latitude
51.39498° or 51° 23′ 42″ north
Longitude
0.52657° or 0° 31′ 36″ east
Inception
1944
Open location code
9F329GVG+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92117234
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q5631813
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Slovak—“HMS Cavalier” goes by many names.
  • Czech: HMS Cavalier
  • Czech: R73
  • Finnish: HMS Cavalier
  • French: HMS Cavalier
  • German: HMS Cavalier
  • German: R73
  • Greek: HMS Cavalier
  • Greek: R73
  • Irish: HMS Cavalier
  • Japanese: キャヴァリア (駆逐艦)
  • Japanese: キャヴァリア
  • Persian: اچ‌ام‌اس کاوالیر (آر۷۳)
  • Persian: اچ‌ام‌اس کاوالیر
  • Slovak: HMS Cavalier
  • Slovak: R73
  • HMS Cavalier

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