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{{short description|1989 Type 22 or Broadsword class frigate of the Royal Navy}}
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|colspan="2"|]</br>HMS ''Campbeltown'' docked in Campbeltown Loch, by Malcolm McFadyen
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*International callsign: GABK<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rncom.mod.uk/uploadedFiles/RN/Reference_Library/20090227_bridge_card.pdf|title=Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009|accessdate=20 June 2009}}</ref>
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*"Victory Through Strength"
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|Ship fate= Scrapped October 2013
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|cruise: 18 knots (33 km/h)<br> max: 30 knots (56 km/h)
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|''Victoria Fortes Sequitur'' (]:"Victory Through Strength")
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* ] decoy launchers<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://website.lineone.net/~david-carrington/Militaria/RoyalNavy/Major.htm |title=Royal Navy Major Surface Vessels |access-date=27 February 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024100/http://website.lineone.net/~david-carrington/Militaria/RoyalNavy/Major.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''HMS ''Campbeltown''''' was a Batch 3 ] of the British ]. Built by ] in ]. She was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were larger than their predecessors and incorporated advanced ] after lessons learnt from the 1982 ]. She was decommissioned on 7 April 2011.

==History==
In August 2001 she visited ] for the 60th-anniversary of the ]. In company with Russian warships Zadorniy and Alexander Otrakovski.<ref></ref> On 28 August 2001, as part of the same goodwill visit, ''Campbeltown'' laid a wreath in the ] close to where Russian submarine '']'' ] on 12 August 2000.<ref></ref>

''Campbeltown''{{'}}s last deployment was a seven-month tour from 2007 to 2008 in the ], where she operated in support of Operation Calash, a Counter Piracy and counter smuggling operation within the ], ], and ] and ], the security of Iraqi Territorial Seas.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.12869/changeNav/6568 | accessdate=27 May 2008 | title=HMS ''Campbeltown'' | work=Royal Navy Live News |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610052111/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.12869/changeNav/6568 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 10 June 2008}}</ref> In early 2004 the vessel was deployed as part of ]'s ]. HMS ''Campbeltown'' entered refit in September 2008.

The ] of the first {{HMS|Campbeltown|I42|6}}, a ] {{sclass2|Town|destroyer}} famous for her role in the ], was loaned from ] to the current ''Campbeltown'' for the duration of her Royal Navy service.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1563 | access-date=26 March 2007 | title=HMS ''Campbeltown'' makes final visit to namesake town | work=UK Ministry of Defence | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108195731/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1563 | archive-date=8 January 2007}}</ref>

==Decommissioning==
The Royal Navy announced in March 2011 that ''Campbeltown'' would be decommissioned on 7 April 2011. She paid a final visit to her namesake town of ], ] in March 2011 where a series of ceremonies, including a town centre parade by the ship's crew, took place to commemorate the end of the ship's active service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12679652 |accessdate=16 March 2011 |title=HMS Campbeltown |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=9 March 2011}}</ref> ''Campbeltown'' made her final entrance to Plymouth on 31 March 2011 before decommissioning in a traditional ceremony on 7 April 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-13005878 |title=Crew of frigate HMS Campbeltown say farewell |date=7 April 2011 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> She was laid up at Portsmouth and in July 2013 sold to Turkish company Leyal for demolition. She was towed from Portsmouth to Turkey on 15 Oct 2013, arrived ] on 29 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23452223|title=Royal Navy frigates sold off for scrap for £3m|publisher=]|date=26 July 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Breaking News '']'' January 2014 page 15</ref>


The ship's bell has now been returned to ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/07/world_war_ii_ship_bell_returns.html|accessdate=8 July 2011|date=4 July 2011|title=World War II ship bell returns to Campbelltown |work=The Patriot-News|publisher=pennlive.com}}</ref> The ship's bell made specifically for the next {{HMS|Campbeltown|Type 31 frigate|6}}, a ] ], was given to ], in ], Scotland and will be displayed in the town's museum until the new ship is commissioned.
'''HMS ''Campbeltown'' (F86)''' is a ] of the ].


==Affiliations==
In early 2004 the vessel was deployed as part of ]'s ].
''Campbeltown'' was affiliated with a number of military and civic bodies:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/type-22-frigates/hms-campbeltown/affiliations/|title=HMS ''Campbeltown'' affiliations |publisher= Royal Navy Website|accessdate=20 June 2009}}</ref>


*J Battery, ]
See ] for other ships of the same name.
*]
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*Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown, Argyll
*Birmingham Nautical Club
*TS ''Campbeltown''
*Bridgewater Sea Cadet Corps
*Royal Marine Cadet Corps, Bradfield College, Reading
*CCF Naval Section, Gordon's School, Woking


==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 05:19, 20 October 2024

1989 Type 22 or Broadsword class frigate of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Campbeltown.

HMS Campbeltown at HMNB Devonport in September 2008
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Campbeltown
OperatorRoyal Navy
OrderedJanuary 1985
BuilderCammell Laird
Laid down4 December 1985
Launched7 October 1987
Commissioned27 May 1989
Decommissioned7 April 2011
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification
Motto
  • Victoria Fortes Sequitur
  • "Victory Through Strength"
FateScrapped October 2013
BadgeShip's badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 22 frigate
Displacement5,300 tons
Length148.1 m (485 ft 11 in)
Beam14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruise)
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Complement250 (max. 301)
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 2 x Lynx Mk.8 helicopters (but only 1 Lynx in peacetime).
  • Armed with
    • 4 × Sea Skua anti-ships missiles
    • 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes
    • 2 × Mk 11 depth charges
    • 2 × Machine guns

HMS Campbeltown was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. She was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were larger than their predecessors and incorporated advanced close-in weapons after lessons learnt from the 1982 Falklands War. She was decommissioned on 7 April 2011.

History

In August 2001 she visited Archangel, Russia for the 60th-anniversary of the Arctic Convoys. In company with Russian warships Zadorniy and Alexander Otrakovski. On 28 August 2001, as part of the same goodwill visit, Campbeltown laid a wreath in the Barents Sea close to where Russian submarine Kursk was lost on 12 August 2000.

Campbeltown's last deployment was a seven-month tour from 2007 to 2008 in the Persian Gulf, where she operated in support of Operation Calash, a Counter Piracy and counter smuggling operation within the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and North Indian Ocean and Operation Telic, the security of Iraqi Territorial Seas. In early 2004 the vessel was deployed as part of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. HMS Campbeltown entered refit in September 2008.

The ship's bell of the first HMS Campbeltown, a Second World War Town-class destroyer famous for her role in the St Nazaire Raid, was loaned from Campbelltown, Pennsylvania to the current Campbeltown for the duration of her Royal Navy service.

Decommissioning

The Royal Navy announced in March 2011 that Campbeltown would be decommissioned on 7 April 2011. She paid a final visit to her namesake town of Campbeltown, Argyll in March 2011 where a series of ceremonies, including a town centre parade by the ship's crew, took place to commemorate the end of the ship's active service. Campbeltown made her final entrance to Plymouth on 31 March 2011 before decommissioning in a traditional ceremony on 7 April 2011. She was laid up at Portsmouth and in July 2013 sold to Turkish company Leyal for demolition. She was towed from Portsmouth to Turkey on 15 Oct 2013, arrived Aliağa on 29 October 2013.

The ship's bell has now been returned to Campbelltown, Pennsylvania. The ship's bell made specifically for the next HMS Campbeltown, a Type 31 frigate, was given to Campbeltown, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and will be displayed in the town's museum until the new ship is commissioned.

Affiliations

Campbeltown was affiliated with a number of military and civic bodies:

Footnotes

  1. "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. "Royal Navy Major Surface Vessels". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  3. Archangel, for 60th-anniversary celebrations at Helis.com
  4. Kursk wreath-laying ceremony led by the Commanding Officer, Captain Alistair Halliday
  5. "HMS Campbeltown". Royal Navy Live News. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  6. "HMS Campbeltown makes final visit to namesake town". UK Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
  7. "HMS Campbeltown". BBC News. BBC. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  8. "Crew of frigate HMS Campbeltown say farewell". BBC News. BBC. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  9. "Royal Navy frigates sold off for scrap for £3m". BBC News. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  10. Breaking News Ships Monthly January 2014 page 15
  11. "World War II ship bell returns to Campbelltown". The Patriot-News. pennlive.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  12. "HMS Campbeltown affiliations". Royal Navy Website. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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