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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-DF|2}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 290.</ref>
In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{NLJul13|p. 290}}


She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 740}}
She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 740}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Donnison Roper|nick=Charles D. Roper|appt=27 November, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 291}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=25 November, 1910<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 291}}|end=19 September, 1911<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Victor Dundas|nick=Harold V. Dundas|appt=9 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 288}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=18 September, 1911<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 290}}|end=27 November, 1912<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|note=discharged due to illness}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=23 January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 749}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Donnison Roper|nick=Charles D. Roper|appt=27 November, 1912<ref>Roper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/151.|D7602937}} f. 169.</ref>{{NLOct14|p. 288}}|end=9 October, 1914<ref>Roper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/151.|D7602937}} f. 169.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Victor Dundas|nick=Harold V. Dundas|appt=9 October, 1914<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392''p''}}|end=November, 1915<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Walter Kirkby|nick=Ernest W. Kirkby|appt=c. late November, 1915<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>|end=27 January, 1916<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=27 January, 1916<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=29 March, 1916<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=29 March, 1916<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''r''}}|end=1 November, 1916<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Guy D. Fanshawe|appt=22 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|ass=1 November, 1916<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=26 January, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Martin Welby|nick=Richard M. Welby|appt=26 January, 1918<ref>Welby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/220.|D7604632}} f. 284.</ref>|end=6 February, 1918<ref>Welby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/220.|D7604632}} f. 284.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=6 February, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 749}}|end=20 March, 1919}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Cameleon (1910)
Pendant Number: H.21 (1914)
H.24 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 1 Jun, 1910[3]
Completed: Dec, 1910[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Cameleon was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 290.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 740.
  8. ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 291.
  10. ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  11. ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 290.
  13. ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  14. ↑ Roper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/151. f. 169.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 288.
  16. ↑ Roper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/151. f. 169.
  17. ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392p.
  19. ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  20. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  21. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  22. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  23. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  24. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392r.
  26. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392b.
  28. ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  29. ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 749.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
<– Beagle Class Destroyers (UK) Acheron Class –>


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