| Name: | CHAMOIS |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 28/05/1896 |
| Launched: | 03/11/1896 |
| Completed: | 14/07/1897 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 713 |
| Dimensions: | 360disp - 440disp, 215.0 x 20.5 x 7.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl, 6200ihp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr & 5 x 1 x 6pdr guns, 2 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 14/07/1897 | British Royal Navy |
| 26/09/1904 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Palmers' Star Class |
| 1913: Redesignated as a C Class destroyer | |
| 26/09/1904: A propeller blade came off while at speed in the Gulf of Patras, Greece | |
| The unbalanced shaft broke the shaft bracket, tearing a large hole in the hull | |
| This caused her to sink by the stern |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 04/11/1896