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'''H.M.S. ''Campania''''' was a former Cunard liner purchased when sent to the breakers and converted to a seaplane carrier for the [[Royal Navy]]. | '''H.M.S. ''Campania''''' was a former Cunard liner purchased when sent to the breakers and converted to a seaplane carrier for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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| − | + | ''Campania'' was supposed to accompany the [[Grand Fleet]] when it sortied to fight the [[Battle of Jutland]], but started off two and a half hours late. Mindful of the submarine threat faced by an unescorted vessel, Jellicoe ordered her to return to Scapa Flow. | |
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campania_(1893)}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campania_(1893)}} | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 19:56, 15 January 2014
| H.M.S. Campania (1893) | |
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| Pendant Number: | P.54 (Apr 1915) N.15 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Laid down: | 1892[3] |
| Launched: | 8 Sep, 1893[4] |
| Commissioned: | 17 Apr, 1915[5] |
| Foundered: | 5 Nov, 1918[6] |
H.M.S. Campania was a former Cunard liner purchased when sent to the breakers and converted to a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy.
Service
Campania was supposed to accompany the Grand Fleet when it sortied to fight the Battle of Jutland, but started off two and a half hours late. Mindful of the submarine threat faced by an unescorted vessel, Jellicoe ordered her to return to Scapa Flow.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
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