1944 to 1952    

D48 HMS Campania

UK Royal Navy





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Call Sign: GKFG
Shipyard: Harland and Wolff





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History of UK HMS Campania D48

1940OrderedOrdered
1941-aug-12Laid downLaid down and converted from refrigerated transport of Shaw Savill Line
1943-jun-17LaunchedLaunched as HMS Campania
1944-mar-08CommissionedCommissioned
1952-jun-02DeploymentDeployment departed Portsmouth via Cape of Good Hope for Indian Ocean off W Australia, for first British A-bomb test, arriving on station on 8 Aug. En route, rendezvous with HMS Plym which had loaded material from Shoeburyness at Stangate Creek, Sheerness and acted as escort (while actually carrying the device). 3 Dragonfly HR.3 on board.
1952-oct-03DeploymentDeployment AU Trimouille Island Montebello Islands Operation Hurricane off Montebello Islands as command ship for A-bomb test
1952-decDecommissionedDecommissioned
1955-novFate: scrappedFate: scrapped Blyth Breakers Yard at Blyth in Northumbria



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