sister-ship HMS St. Albans 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Campbelltown (ex-Campbelltown, ex-Buchanan) | I42 | 78 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 6/1918 | 2.1.1919 | 1/1919 // 1.1941 | to United Kingdom 10.1941 (Campbelltown) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1090 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1360 |
|
Length, m |
94.5 wl 95.8 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.40 |
|
Draught, m |
2.80 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
26000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
35 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 275 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
4300(14) |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
| Electronic equipment | type 141 sonar |
|
Complement |
146 |
Project history: Ex-USS DD131 Buchanan: one of 50 American "flushdeckers", transferred to the Great Britain in 1940 in exchange for bases in Western hemisphere, commissioned by RN 9.9.1940 as Campbeltown. 17.1.1941 Campbelltown was transferred to Dutch Navy under the same name.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Campbelltown 15.10.1941 she was returned to RN and 28.3.1942 blown up during St-Nazaire raid.
sister-ship USS Fairfax 1918
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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