Allied Warships

HMS Camperdown (R 32)

Destroyer of the Battle class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBattle 
PennantR 32 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered27 Apr 1942 
Laid down30 Nov 1942 
Launched8 Feb 1944 
Commissioned18 Jun 1945 
End service 
History

Arrived at Faslane in September 1970 to be broken up for scrap.  

Commands listed for HMS Camperdown (R 32)

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1Lt.Cdr. James John Simon Yorke, DSC, RN13 Feb 1945mid 1946

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British destroyers & frigates

Norman Friedman


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


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