HMS Chamois was a of the three funneled "C" type. She was launched by Palmers in 1896, but foundered on 29 September 1904.

The ship was lost when a propeller blade came off while at speed in the Gulf of Patras

Gulf of Patras

The Gulf of Patras is a branch of the Ionian Sea. On the east, it is closed by the Strait of Rion between capes Rio, Greece and Antirrio, near the Rio-Antirio bridge. On the west, it is bounded by a line from Oxeia island to Cape Araxos...

, Greece. The unbalanced shaft broke the shaft bracket, tearing a large hole in the hull and causing her to sink by the stern.

She was the only ship of her class not to see service in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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