HMS Cameleon (1910)

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

In Valletta harbour, Malta, 1917
History
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 and 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

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.
• Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M, eds. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.

External links

• Acorn Class