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HMS Chamois (1896)

Destroyer of the Royal Navy

Destroyer of the Royal Navy

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image_caption*HMS Chamois*
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countryUnited Kingdom
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nameHMS *Chamois*
ordered9 January 1896
builderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
original_cost£52,410
yard_number713
laid_down28 May 1896
launched9 November 1896
commissionedNovember 1897
fateFoundered in the Gulf of Patras, 26 September 1904
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classPalmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
displacement*390 LT standard
*{{convert440LTt0abbron}} full load
length219 ft o/a
beam20 ft
draught8 ft
power6000 SHP
speed30 kn
range*80 tons coal
*{{convert1,490nmikmabbron}} at 11 kn
complement60 officers and men
  • 440 LT full load
  • 4 × Reed water tube boilers
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 shafts
  • 1,490 nmi at 11 kn
  • 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.

Construction

She was laid down on 28 May 1896 as yard number 713 at the Palmer shipyard at Jarrow-on-Tyne and launched on 9 November 1896. During her builder's trials she met her contracted speed requirement. Chamois was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in November 1897.

Service

Chamois returned to Portsmouth with her shaft bent in early 1900. She was commissioned for service in the Channel Fleet on 15 March 1900, but he and the crew transferred to HMS Sylvia only days later as the Chamois needed further repairs. She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 September 1901, with the crew of , to replace that vessel on the Mediterranean Station. She was later deployed as a tender to the destroyer depot ship at Malta. and in early January 1903 there was a similar three-weeks cruise in the Greek islands around Corfu.

Loss

On 26 September 1904, she was the victim of a bizarre accident. While conducting a full-power trial in the Gulf of Patras off the Greek coast she lost a propeller blade. The loss of the blade unbalanced the shaft, which was spinning at high speed. The resulting vibration broke the shaft bracket and tore a large hole in the hull. She sank by the stern in 30 fathom of water All hands were saved, but two men were injured with one of them dying the following day.

References

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