HMS Cameleon (1795)

Chamelion (alternative spelling- Cameleon)
History
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	95 ft 1 in (29.0 m) (gundeck) 75 ft 1+1⁄2 in (22.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	28 ft 32 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

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.