HMS Camperdown (D32)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Camperdown
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down	30 October 1942
Launched	8 February 1944
Commissioned	18 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number D32
Fate	Scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	Battle-class destroyer
Displacement	2,325 tons standard; 3,430 tons full load;
Length	379 ft (116 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draught	15.3 ft (4.7 m)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW)
Speed	35.75 knots (66.21 km/h)
Range	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	268
Armament	2 × dual 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun; 1 × single 4-inch (102 mm) gun; 14 × Bofors 40 mm gun; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Squid mortar;
Service record
Part of:	British Pacific Fleet; 19th Destroyer Flotilla; 3rd Destroyer Flotilla; 1st Destroyer Squadron;

HMS Camperdown was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the Battle of Camperdown, a naval engagement between the British and Dutch that took place in 1797, and which resulted in a British victory.

She was built by Fairfields and launched on 8 February 1944 and commissioned on 18 June 1945.

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