Historic ship · Chatham · Kent

HMS Ocelot

HMS Ocelot is a 1962 Oberon-class submarine. You will find it inside Chatham’s built-up area. This is a site of Royal Navy.

Photo: HMS Ocelot, Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Where

In Chatham

inside the built-up area

Run by

Royal Navy

the operator on record

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic ship in Chatham

Inside Chatham

HMS Ocelot is inside Chatham’s built-up area, with 27 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 year in Chatham

Afternoons in Chatham peak at 17–23°C, 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 Ocelot

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 6 languages. A short trip away is Rochester Cathedral, 1.8 km off, the first of 59 within 15 km.

Type: Historic ship
Run by: Royal Navy
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Chatham

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

The map

Where HMS Ocelot is

Orange is HMS Ocelot; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

By population, Gillingham leads the 8 with 108,485. The towns are in order of distance, its own town 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 Ocelot 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 km northwest of it	2,689	18
Cuxton	4.4 km southwest of it	3,039	25

Make a day of it

Next door to HMS Ocelot

Around it, within 15 km, lie 59 more, including 3 castles, 3 historic ships and a cathedral.

CathedralRochester Cathedral1.8 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle1.9 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle1.3 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Cavalier100 m away 5

Historic shipHMS Gannet100 m away 6

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

MuseumRoyal Engineers Museum900 m away 8

CastlePS Kingswear Castle200 m away

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

HMS Ocelot, answered

Where is HMS Ocelot?

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

What is HMS Ocelot?

1962 Oberon-class submarine.

Who runs HMS Ocelot?

Royal Navy.

When is the best time to visit HMS Ocelot?

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 Ocelot?

Within 15 km: Rochester Cathedral (1.8 km), Rochester Castle (1.9 km), Upnor Castle (1.3 km) and HMS Cavalier (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 Ocelot: Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, 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 Cavalier: en:User:Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Gannet: Paul Englefield from Leamington Spa, UK, CC BY 2.0, 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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