HMS Campania (D48)

1944-1952

Call Sign:	GKFG
Shipyard:	Harland and Wolff

Timeline

Date	Event
1940	Ordered
Aug 12, 1941	Laid down	and converted from refrigerated transport of Shaw Savill Line
Jun 17, 1943	Launched	as HMS Campania
Mar 8, 1944	Commissioned
Jun 2, 1952	Deployment	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.
Oct 3, 1952	Deployment	Trimouille Island off Montebello Islands as command ship for A-bomb test Montebello Islands Operation Hurricane
Dec 1952	Decommissioned
Nov 1955	Fate: scrapped	Blyth at Blyth in Northumbria Breakers Yard