HMS Chamois was a Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates.

She was commissioned for service in the Channel Fleet on 15 March 1900,[5] but he and the crew transferred to HMS Sylvia only days later as the Chamois needed further repairs.

[8] In September 1902 she visited Nauplia and Souda Bay with other ships of the fleet,[9] and in early January 1903 there was a similar three-weeks cruise in the Greek islands around Corfu.

While conducting a full-power trial[11] in the Gulf of Patras off the Greek coast she lost a propeller blade.

She sank by the stern[12][13] in 30 fathoms (55 m) of water[11] about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the coast north of the modern village of Araxos.