{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} 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|1777}} was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1777. She foundered in 1780. *{{HMS|Chameleon|1780}} was a 16-gun brig-sloop, formerly the civilian ship ''Hawke''. She was purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783. *{{HMS|Cameleon|1795}} was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795, laid up in 1805, and broken up in 1811. *{{HMS|Cameleon|1816}} was a 10-gun {{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop|2}} launched in 1816 and sold in 1849. *{{HMS|Camelion|1860}} was a {{sclass|Camelion|sloop|0}} screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1883. *{{HMS|Cameleon|1910}} was an {{sclass|Acorn|destroyer}} launched in 1910 and sold for scrapping in 1921. *{{HMS|Chameleon|J387}} was an {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper}} launched in 1944 and broken up in 1966.
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==References== *{{Colledge: Ships RN|year=2006}}
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