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| Name | Cameleon (1816) | Explanation | |
| Type | Brig-sloop | ||
| Launched | 16 January 1816 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 240 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 10 | ||
| Fate | 1849 | ||
| Class | Cherokee | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 February 1824 - 16 August 1825 | Commanded by Commander George Robert Lambert, particular service | ||
| 17 August 1825 - 7 August 1826 | Commanded by Commander Michael Seymour, Plymouth | ||
| 22 October 1826 - 24 November 1826 | Commanded by Commander Peter Richards, Mediterranean | ||
| 28 April 1827 - 30 October 1828 | Commanded by Commander Christopher Wyvill, Mediterranean | ||
| 7 November 1838 - 1843 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander George Martin Hunter, South America | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 24 December 1842 | The Hyacinth, 18, Commander G. Goldsmith; Herald, 26, Captain Joseph Nias; Modeste, 18, Commander R. Watson; Favourite, 18, Commander Thomas Sullivan; Columbine, 16, Commander W.H.A. Morshead; Chamelion, 10, Lieutenant Commander G. Hunter; and the Algerine, 10, Lieutenant Commander W.H. Maitland, forming part of the squadron now in China and the East Indies, are under orders to proceed to England, as soon as the arrangements entered into between this country and China are perfected. Most of these ships have been in commission five years, and some of them nearly six. | ||
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