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	November 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.