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| The ship was of a similar, but not identical design to the ships of the ]. | The ship was of a similar, but not identical design to the ships of the ]. | ||
| ''Campania'' operated escorting convoys and doing anti-submarine work in the ] and ] theatres. In ] ] her ] aircraft sank the German submarine ] while the ''Campania'' was escorting the |
''Campania'' operated escorting convoys and doing anti-submarine work in the ] and ] theatres. In ] ] her ] aircraft sank the German submarine ] while the ''Campania'' was escorting the Arctic convoy ]. | ||
| The ship survived the war, and unlike other Royal Navy escort carriers was not immediately scrapped or sold. She was briefly used as an aircraft-transport before being decommissioned and placed in the reserves in ] ]. In ] she was involved in the ], touring the country as the "''Festival Ship Campania''". In ] she was reactivated for a very different role, being used as a command ship for the ] atomic-bomb tests. | The ship survived the war, and unlike other Royal Navy escort carriers was not immediately scrapped or sold. She was briefly used as an aircraft-transport before being decommissioned and placed in the reserves in ] ]. In ] she was involved in the ], touring the country as the "''Festival Ship Campania''". In ] she was reactivated for a very different role, being used as a command ship for the ] atomic-bomb tests. | ||
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| *{{cite web | title=Festival of Britain to go online | publisher=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/1310113.stm | date=] ] | year=2005}} | *{{cite web | title=Festival of Britain to go online | publisher=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/1310113.stm | date=] ] | year=2005}} | ||
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| Career | 
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| Laid down: | 12 August 1941 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 9 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned {post-war}: | 30 December 1945 |
| Decommissioned {final}: | December 1952 |
| Fate: | Various post-war duties. Scrapped 1955. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16,000 tons |
| Length: | 540 ft |
| Beam: | 70 ft |
| Draught: | 25 ft |
| Propulsion: | Diesel, 10,700 bhp |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 639 |
| Armament: | 2 x 4" guns, 16 x 2pdr guns (4x4), 16 x 20mm guns (8x2) |
| Aircraft: | 18 |
HMS Campania was an escort aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw service during and after World War II. She was built at Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland. When construction started in 1941 she was intended as a merchant ship, but was completed and launched as an escort carrier, entering service in early 1944.
The ship was of a similar, but not identical design to the ships of the Nairana Class.
Campania operated escorting convoys and doing anti-submarine work in the Atlantic and Arctic theatres. In December 1944 her Swordfish aircraft sank the German submarine U-365 while the Campania was escorting the Arctic convoy Convoy RA-62.
The ship survived the war, and unlike other Royal Navy escort carriers was not immediately scrapped or sold. She was briefly used as an aircraft-transport before being decommissioned and placed in the reserves in December 1945. In 1951 she was involved in the Festival of Britain, touring the country as the "Festival Ship Campania". In 1952 she was reactivated for a very different role, being used as a command ship for the Operation Hurricane atomic-bomb tests.
The ship was decommissioned for the final time in December 1952, before being sold and scapped in Blyth in 1955.
See HMS Campania for other ships of this name.
References
- "Royal Navy Research Archive".
- "uboat.net".
- "Festival of Britain to go online". BBC News. 3 May 2001.
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