HMS Cameleon (1910)

History
In Valletta harbour, Malta, 1917
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Cameleon
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Launched:	1910
Fate:	Sold for scrapping 15 November 1921
General characteristics
Class & type:	Acorn class destroyer
Displacement:	772 tons
Length:	246 ft (75.0 m)
Beam:	25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Draught:	8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion:	4 Yarrow boilers, Parsons turbines, 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement:	72
Armament:	2×4" BL Mk VIII, 2×12 pdr 12 cwt, twin tubes for 21" torpedoes

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cameleon.

HMS Cameleon was an Acorn class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built in 1910 and sold for scrap in 1921.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
"Acorn Class". History of the World's Navies. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

Acorn-class (H-class) destroyer

Acorn Alarm Brisk Cameleon Comet Fury Goldfinch Hope Larne Lyra Martin Minstrel Nemesis Nereide Nymphe Redpole Rifleman Ruby Sheldrake Staunch

Preceded by: Beagle class Followed by: Acheron class List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

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