HMS Camperdown (D19)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Camperdown
- Launch Year
- 1944
- Type
- Destroyer
- Class
- Battle-class destroyer
- Pennant Number
- D19
- Launched
- 1944
- Built at
- Fairfield
- Commissioned
- 1945
- Armament
- Guns and torpedoes
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Destroyer
- Notable for
- Postwar destroyer service
- Fate
- Broken up
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Camperdown was a Royal Navy destroyer of the battle-class destroyer.
Service History
HMS Camperdown served as a destroyer and is chiefly associated with postwar destroyer service.
Historical Significance
HMS Camperdown contributes to the history of the Royal Navy’s destroyer force and the development of battle-class destroyer.