HMS Chamois (1896)

	HMS Chamois
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chamois
Ordered	9 January 1896
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Cost	£52,410
Yard number	713
Laid down	28 May 1896
Launched	9 November 1896
Commissioned	November 1897
Fate	Foundered in the Gulf of Patras, 26 September 1904
General characteristics
Class & type	Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) standard; 440 long tons (447 t) full load;
Length	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph);
Complement	60 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;

HMS Chamois was a Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to carry this name. She was commissioned in 1897 and served in both the Channel and the Mediterranean. She foundered in 1904 after her own propeller pierced her hull.

History
HMS Chamois
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chamois
Ordered	9 January 1896
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Cost	£52,410
Yard number	713
Laid down	28 May 1896
Launched	9 November 1896
Commissioned	November 1897
Fate	Foundered in the Gulf of Patras, 26 September 1904
General characteristics
Class & type	Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) standard 440 long tons (447 t) full load
Length	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	60 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes