HMS Cameleon (1910)

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. OCLC 67375475.
  • "Acorn Class". History of the World's Navies. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
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