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HMS Chameleon |
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HMS Chameleon Laid Down : 20th August 1943 Launched : 6th May 1944 Completed : 14th September 1944 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J387, M387 Fate : Scrapped 3rd April 1966 at Silloth. |
“ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 30th April 1942 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 20th August 1943 at the same time as sister ship CHEERFUL. Launched on 6th May 1944, she was the ninth RN ship to carry this name, or the variant CAMELEON, introduced in 1777 for a 14 gun Sloop built in London which was lost during a hurricane in the West Indies in October 1780. Last used for a destroyer named CAMELEON built at Govan in 1910 and sold in 1921..Her build was completed on 18th May 1942. No record of an “adoption” by any civil community in UK after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign held during 1941-42 is recorded, as the ship had not been ordered. |
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20th August 1943 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 6th May 1944 - Pennant J387 6th May 1944 - Launched 10th August 1944 - T/S.Lt. Roy Cyril Goff, RNR In Command 14th September 1944 - Commissioned 3rd November 1944 - T/A/Lt.Cdr. Denys Philip Richardson, RNVR In Command April 1960 - Scrapped at Silloth |
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Last edited : 19:14, March 8, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 18:38, November 25, 2010
By : Clive S Cottam
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