Chamelion (alternative spelling- Cameleon)
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Cameleon |
Ordered | 13 July 1795 |
Builder | John Randall, Rotherhithe |
Laid down | July 1795 |
Launched | 14 October 1795 |
Commissioned | 27 October -26 December 1795 |
Out of service | Paid off in September 1805. |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp: "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Broken up 1811 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Diligence-class brig-sloop |
Type | 18-gun brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 318 85⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 28 ft 32 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 121 |
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HMS Cameleon (or Camelion) was a Royal Navy Diligence-class brig-sloop, launched in 1795. She was built of fir (pitch pine), which allowed for rapid construction, but at the expense of durability. She captured some small vessels and a privateer, and served in the Mediterranean before being laid up in 1805, and broken up in 1811.