HMS Cameleon explained

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chameleon, or the archaic variants HMS Cameleon or HMS Camelion, after the Chameleon:

• was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1777. She foundered in 1780.
• was a 16-gun brig-sloop, formerly the civilian ship Hawke. She was purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783.
• was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795, laid up in 1805, and broken up in 1811.
• was a 10-gun launched in 1816 and sold in 1849.
• was a screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1883.
• was an launched in 1910 and sold for scrapping in 1921.
• was an launched in 1944 and broken up in 1966.