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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 considerably larger than their predecessors and incorporated more advanced ~~close~~-in ~~]ry after lessons learnt from the ]. She was decommissioned on 7 April 2011.~~		'''HMS ''Campbeltown''''' was a Batch 3 ] of the British ]. Built by ] in ], she was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were considerably larger than their predecessors and incorporated more advanced ] after lessons learnt from the 1982 ]. She was decommissioned on 7 April 2011.

	==History==		==History==
			In August 2001 she visited ] for the 60th-anniversary celebrations of the first WWII ]. In company with Russian warships Zadorniy and Alexander Otrakovski.<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, Counter Piracy and counter smuggling operations 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>

		⚫	''Campbeltown''{{'}}s last deployment was a seven-month tour from 2007 to 2008 in the ], where she operated in support of Operation Calash, Counter Piracy and counter smuggling operations 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.
	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>		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==		==Decommissioning==
	The Royal Navy announced in March 2011 that ''Campbeltown'' would be decommissioned on 7 April 2011.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1111-campbeltown-says-her-goodbyes.aspx\| title=Campbeltown says her goodbyes\| author=Navy News\| date=11 March 2011\| accessdate=27 March 2011}}{{Dead link\|date=January 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 to Turkey in ~~Autumn~~ 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>		The Royal Navy announced in March 2011 that ''Campbeltown'' would be decommissioned on 7 April 2011.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1111-campbeltown-says-her-goodbyes.aspx\| title=Campbeltown says her goodbyes\| author=Navy News\| date=11 March 2011\| accessdate=27 March 2011}}{{Dead link\|date=January 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 Oct 2013 and was fully recycled by the 14th March 2014.<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>

	The ship's bell has now been returned to Campbelltown, ].<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 latest HMS ''Campbeltown'' was given to Campbeltown, Kintyre, to be displayed in the town's museum until a future ''Campbeltown'' is commissioned.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://forargyll.com/2011/03/the-first-hms-campbeltowns-ships-bell-and-the-other-campbelltown/\|accessdate=11 March 2011\|date=4 July 2011\|title=The first HMS Campbeltown's Ship's Bell and the other Campbelltown\|publisher=For Argyll}}</ref>{{Dead link\|date=July 2021}}		The ship's bell has now been returned to Campbelltown, ].<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 latest HMS ''Campbeltown'' was given to Campbeltown, Kintyre, to be displayed in the town's museum until a future ''Campbeltown'' is commissioned.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://forargyll.com/2011/03/the-first-hms-campbeltowns-ships-bell-and-the-other-campbelltown/\|accessdate=11 March 2011\|date=4 July 2011\|title=The first HMS Campbeltown's Ship's Bell and the other Campbelltown\|publisher=For Argyll}}</ref>{{Dead link\|date=July 2021}}
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Revision as of 20:07, 26 September 2021

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Campbeltown.

History
HMS Campbeltown at HMNB Devonport in September 2008
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Campbeltown
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	January 1985
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	4 December 1985
Launched	7 October 1987
Commissioned	27 May 1989
Decommissioned	7 April 2011
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification	Pennant number: F86 Deck code: CT IMO number: 4907139 International callsign: GABK
Motto	Victoria Fortes Sequitur "Victory Through Strength"
Fate	Scrapped October 2013
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 22 frigate
Displacement	5,300 tons
Length	148.1 m (485 ft 11 in)
Beam	14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × Rolls-Royce Spey gas turbines (high speed) 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruising)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruise) 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Complement	250 (max. 301)
Armament	2 × Sea Wolf anti air system (Total of 72 Sea Wolf missiles) 2 × quad Harpoon missile launchers (total of 8 Harpoons) 2 × triple Magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes (total of 36 torpedoes) 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns 1 × Goalkeeper CIWS NATO Seagnat decoy launchers
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 Shipbuilders Ltd. in Birkenhead, she was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were considerably larger than their predecessors and incorporated more 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 celebrations of the first WWII Arctic Convoys. In company with Russian warships Zadorniy and Alexander Otrakovski.

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, Counter Piracy and counter smuggling operations 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 Oct 2013 and was fully recycled by the 14th March 2014.

The ship's bell has now been returned to Campbelltown, Pennsylvania. The ship's bell made specifically for the latest HMS Campbeltown was given to Campbeltown, Kintyre, to be displayed in the town's museum until a future Campbeltown is commissioned.

Affiliations

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

J Battery, 3 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
No. 24 Squadron RAF
Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers
Campbeltown, Argyll
Campbelltown, Pennsylvania
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

"Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
http://website.lineone.net/~david-carrington/Militaria/RoyalNavy/Major.htm
Archangel, for 60th anniversary celebrations at Helis.com
"HMS Campbeltown". Royal Navy Live News. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
"HMS Campbeltown makes final visit to namesake town". UK Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
Navy News (11 March 2011). "Campbeltown says her goodbyes". Retrieved 27 March 2011.
"HMS Campbeltown". BBC News. BBC. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
"Crew of frigate HMS Campbeltown say farewell". BBC News. BBC. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
"Royal Navy frigates sold off for scrap for £3m". BBC News. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
"World War II ship bell returns to Campbelltown". The Patriot-News. pennlive.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
"The first HMS Campbeltown's Ship's Bell and the other Campbelltown". For Argyll. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
"HMS Campbeltown affiliations". Royal Navy Website. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

v t e Type 22 frigates
Royal Navy	Broadsword Battleaxe Brilliant Brazen Boxer Beaver Brave London Sheffield Coventry Cornwall Cumberland Campbeltown Chatham
Brazilian Navy	Greenhalgh (ex-Broadsword) Dodsworth (ex-Brilliant) Bosísio (ex-Brazen) Rademaker (ex-Battleaxe)
Chilean Navy	Almirante Williams (ex-Sheffield)
Romanian Naval Forces	Regele Ferdinand (ex-Coventry) Regina Maria (ex-London)
Preceded by: Type 21 frigates Followed by: Type 23 frigates
List of frigates of the Royal Navy

External Links

Images of HMS Cambeltown @ Seaforces.org Recycling report for HMS Cambeltown, Chatham, & Cumberland at .gov.uk

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