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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]].

==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.
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{{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}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campania_(1914)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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