Historic ship · Chatham · Kent

HMS Cavalier

HMS Cavalier is a 1944 C-class destroyer. Look for it within Chatham’s built-up area. It is run by Royal Navy.

Photo: HMS Cavalier, en:User:Swpmre (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Chatham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Royal Navy

the operator on record

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic ship in Chatham

Inside Chatham

HMS Cavalier is inside Chatham’s built-up area, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

Expect highs of 17–23°C in Chatham from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°67 mm

Feb8° / 2°55 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May17° / 8°52 mm

Jun20° / 11°51 mm

Jul23° / 13°46 mm

Aug22° / 13°59 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°80 mm

Nov11° / 5°80 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Chatham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Chatham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Chatham’s full climate →

About

HMS Cavalier

Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages. Our list has 59 more places within 15 km; first among them is Rochester Cathedral, at 1.7 km.

Type: Historic ship
Run by: Royal Navy
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Chatham
Official site: thedockyard.co.uk/explore/three-historic-warships/hms-cavalier

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where to find HMS Cavalier

Orange marks HMS Cavalier, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns that count HMS Cavalier

Gillingham tops the 8 for size, at 108,485 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Chatham

76,956 people · 37 places to visit

2 · 200 m southeast of it

Gillingham

108,485 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 300 m southwest of it

Rochester

67,279 people · 34 places to visit

4 · 800 m north of it

Lower Upnor

837 people · 27 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where HMS Cavalier is	People	Places to visit
Chatham	It’s in town	76,956	37
Gillingham	200 m southeast of it	108,485	33
Rochester	300 m southwest of it	67,279	34
Lower Upnor	800 m north of it	837	27
Chattenden	2.3 km north of it	2,417	24
Hoo St Werburgh	2.8 km northeast of it	8,758	25
Cliffe Woods	4.1 km northwest of it	2,689	18
Cuxton	4.4 km southwest of it	3,039	25

Make a day of it

While you are near HMS Cavalier

Also close at hand are 3 castles, 3 historic ships and a cathedral, among 59 within 15 km.

CathedralRochester Cathedral1.7 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle1.8 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle1.3 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Gannet100 m away 5

Historic shipHMS Ocelot100 m away 6

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)1.6 km away 7

MuseumRoyal Engineers Museum800 m away 8

CastlePS Kingswear Castle100 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting HMS Cavalier: the answers

Where is HMS Cavalier?

HMS Cavalier is in Chatham, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is HMS Cavalier?

1944 C-class destroyer.

Who runs HMS Cavalier?

Royal Navy.

When is the best time to visit HMS Cavalier?

May to September are the warmest months in Chatham, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near HMS Cavalier?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (1.7 km), Rochester Castle (1.8 km), Upnor Castle (1.3 km) and HMS Gannet (100 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

HMS Cavalier: en:User:Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Gannet: Paul Englefield from Leamington Spa, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Ocelot: Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475): Hammersfan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Engineers Museum: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
PS Kingswear Castle: Robert Mason, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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