HMS Campbeltown was a Town-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) during the Second World War. She was originally US destroyer USS Buchanan , and was one of 50 obsolescent US Navy destroyers transferred to the RN in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. Between 17 January 1941 and 15 October 1941 she also briefly served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Campbeltown before being returned to the RN. Campbeltown became one of the most famous of these ships when she was used in the St Nazaire Raid in 1942.
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Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-01, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3722-17, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3722-18, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3722-19, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-16, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-02, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-03, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer 'HMS Campbeltown'
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-15, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3719-24, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
The Royal Netherlands Navy during the Second World War A5219
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commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-01, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3722-17, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3722-18, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3722-19, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-16, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-02, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-03, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer 'HMS Campbeltown'
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3724-15, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3719-24, St. Nazaire, Zerstörer "HMS Campbeltown"
Commons commons image The Royal Netherlands Navy during the Second World War A5219
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