HMS Cameleon (1910)

	Cameleon in Grand Harbour, Malta, 1917
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cameleon
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	6 December 1909
Launched	2 June 1910
Commissioned	December 1910
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 November 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acorn-class destroyer
Displacement	772 long tons (784 t)
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	25 ft 5 in (7.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers; 13,500 shp (10,100 kW);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 2 × 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm) gun; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Cameleon was one of 20 Acorn-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1910, she saw active service in the First World War.

History
Cameleon in Grand Harbour, Malta, 1917
United Kingdom
Name	Cameleon
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	6 December 1909
Launched	2 June 1910
Commissioned	December 1910
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 November 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acorn-class destroyer
Displacement	772 long tons (784 t)
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	25 ft 5 in (7.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) guns 2 × 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes