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Campbell

HMS Campbell

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassScott
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 4.7″ guns

Flotilla leader of the First World War, escorting East Coast convoys. Led the destroyer attack on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Channel Dash.

Photograph of British destroyer leader HMS Campbell. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk I guns
  • 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun
  • 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down10 November 1917
Launched21 September 1918
Commissioned21 December 1918
Displacement1,580 long tons (1,610 t) Normal 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) deep load
Length332 ft 6 in (101.35 m)
Speed36.5 kn (42.0 mph; 67.6 km/h)
Complement183

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 September 1918

Channel Dash
Survived

11–13 February 1942

Fate

Survived

Sold 18 February 1947