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HMS Chamois (1896)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Chamois.
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.[3][4] 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.
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Name | HMS Chamois |
Ordered | 9 January 1896 |
Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company |
Cost | £52,410[1] |
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 |
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Class and type | Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer |
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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 |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
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Complement | 60 officers and men |
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