HMS Campania (D48)
Service
- as Campania9 February 1944 — December 1952571 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Campania
- Pennant / hull number
- D48
- Builder
- Harland & Wolff
- Laid down
- 12 August 1941
- Launched
- 17 June 1943
- Commissioned
- 9 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- 30 December 1945
- Fate
- Scrapped 1955 (1955)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 13,000 long tons (13,209 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 15,970 long tons (16,226 t)
- Length
- 164.59 m (540 ft)
- Beam
- 21.34 m (70 ft)
- Draught
- 6.95 m (22.8 ft)
- Speed
- 18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
- Range
- 17,000 nmi (31,484 km)
- Complement
- 639
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Campania was a Nairana-class escort carrier, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D48. Her keel was laid at Harland & Wolff on 12 August 1941. She entered service on 9 February 1944, having been launched on 17 June 1943.
She was one of three ships of her class. The class followed the HMS Activity and was succeeded by the Long Island-class escort carrier.
Displacement was 13,000 long tons standard and 15,970 long tons at full load. She measured 164.6 m (540 ft) long with a beam of 21.3 m (70 ft). Her designed speed was 18 knots, and she carried a complement of 639. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She carried 18 aircraft.
She was in commission for 571 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 December 1945.
She was broken up for scrap in 1955.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Two shafted diesel engines, 13,250 shp
- Armament
- 2 × 4 inch guns
- 16 × 2-pounderguns (4×4)
- 16 × 20 mm guns (8×2)
- Aircraft
- 18
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Campania (D48) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 7442 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons