HMS Cameleon
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chameleon, or the archaic variants HMS Cameleon or HMS Camelion, after the Chameleon:
- HMS Chameleon was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1777. She foundered in 1780.
- HMS Chameleon was a 16-gun brig-sloop, formerly the civilian ship Hawke. She was purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783.
- HMS Cameleon was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795 and broken up in 1811.
- HMS Cameleon was a 10-gun Cherokee class brig-sloop launched in 1816 and sold in 1849.
- HMS Camelion was a Camelion class screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1883.
- HMS Cameleon was an Acorn class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold for scrapping in 1921.
- HMS Chameleon was an Algerine class minesweeper launched in 1944 and broken up in 1966.
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