&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Cameleon_(1910)_IWM_SP_839.jpg) Cameleon in Grand Harbour, Malta, 1917
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| History | |
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 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 and 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) |
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| 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 |
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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.