Two ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

have been named HMS ''Chamois'' after the mountain goat of the same name: * was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer launched in 1896 and lost in the Gulf of Patras in 1904 when she foundered after her own broken propeller blade pierced her hull. * was a

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launched in 1942 and damaged by a mine in 1944. She was returned to the US Navy in 1946 and broken up in 1950.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamois, Hms Royal Navy ship names