HMS Chamois (1896)
HMS Chamois
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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 |
General characteristics [2][3] | |
Class and type | Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer |
Displacement |
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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) |
Range |
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Complement | 60 officers and men |
Armament |
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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.
Construction
She was laid down on 28 May 1896 as yard number 713 at the
Service
Chamois returned to Portsmouth with her shaft bent in early 1900. She was commissioned for service in the
Loss
On 26 September 1904, she was the victim of a bizarre accident. While conducting a full-power trial[11] 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[12][13] in 30 fathoms (55 m) of water[11] about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the coast north of the modern village of Araxos.[14] All hands were saved,[8] but two men were injured with one of them dying the following day.[15]
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-005-0. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane's Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
- ^ ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
- ^ a b Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. pp. 84 to 85.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36087. London. 12 March 1900. p. 7.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36091. London. 16 March 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36553. London. 6 September 1901. p. 8.
- ^ Victoria (Australia)). 29 September 1904. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36883. London. 26 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36983. London. 21 January 1903. p. 8.
- ^ a b "A Naval Disaster - The Chamois Sinks". The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia). 29 September 1904. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "HMS Chamois at the Naval Database website".
- ^ "HMS Chamois [+1904]". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ISSN 0013-7758. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
Bibliography
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- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
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- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Lyon, David (2001) [1996]. The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
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