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Allied Warships

HMS Campania (D 48)

Escort Carrier of the Campania class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassCampania 
PennantD 48 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Aug, 1941 
Launched17 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned7 Mar, 1944 
End serviceDec, 1952 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned to reserve 30 December 1945. Later recommissioned. After World War Two she was used as a floating exhibition hall on the Thames at the 1951 "Festival of Britain" held at Battersea Park in London. In 1952, she transported equipment and scientists to the Monte Bello atomic bomb tests. Again decommissioned in December 1952. Sold to be broken up for scrap in October 1955 and scrapped at Blyth on 11 November 1955.

Commanding Officers:
A/Capt. Kenneth Albert Short, RN
29 November 1943 – 7 March 1945

Capt. Conrad Byron Alers-Hankey, DSC and Bar, RN
7 March 1945 – May 1945

Cdr. James Moffat Robb, RN
May 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Campania include:

13 Dec, 1944
The German submarine U-365 was sunk in the Arctic Ocean east of Jan Mayen, in position 70º43'N, 08º07'E, by depth charges from 2 Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 813/L/Q) from the British escort carrier HMS Campania (A/Capt. K.A. Short, RN). (see map)


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