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+ | |cat=SeaplaneCarrier | ||
+ | |launch=8 Sep, 1893{{Conways1906|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |type=seaplane carrier | ||
+ | |fate=Foundered | ||
+ | |fatedate=5 Nov, 1918{{DittColl|p. 51}} | ||
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+ | |chain=Aviation Ships | ||
+ | |name=Campania | ||
+ | |laid=1892{{Conways1906|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |nat=UK | ||
+ | |pend=P.54 (Apr 1915)<br>N.15 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 51}} | ||
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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]]. | ||
− | + | ==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. | |
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | Dates of appointment | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. |
− | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Campania''"> | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oliver Swann|nick=Oliver Schwann|appt=1 February, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|end=12 February, 1918|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=22 February, 1918<ref>Smith Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/148.|D7602934}} f. ?.</ref>|end=August, 1918<ref>Smith Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/148.|D7602934}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Colin Howard Lindsay|nick=John C. H. Lindsay|appt=16 August, 1918|end=5 November, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 144}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campania_(1914)}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 22 May 2019
H.M.S. Campania (1893) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.54 (Apr 1915) N.15 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[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 are provided when known.
- Captain Oliver Schwann, 1 February, 1915[7] – 12 February, 1918
- Captain Humphrey H. Smith, 22 February, 1918[8] – August, 1918[9]
- Captain John C. H. Lindsay, 16 August, 1918 – 5 November, 1918[10] (vessel lost under his command)
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392b.
- ↑ Smith Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/148. f. ?.
- ↑ Smith Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/148. f. ?.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 144.
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