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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]].


She 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.
==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.
==History==


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:


==See Also==
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 23:56, 15 January 2014

H.M.S. Campania (1893)
Pendant Number: P.54 (Apr 1915)
N.15 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[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 given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.

Bibliography

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