sister-ship HMS St. Albans 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Campbelltown (ex-DD131 Buchanan) | I42 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 6/1918 | 2/1/1919 | 1/1919 // 1/1941 | to United Kingdom 10/1941 (Campbelltown) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1090 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1360 |
|
Length, m |
94.5 wl 95.8 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.40 |
|
Draught, m |
2.80 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines / 1 Parsons geared steam turbine for cruising, 4 Normand boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
26000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
35 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 275 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
4300(14) |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
| Sensors | sonar |
|
Complement |
146 |
Ship project history: Ex-USS DD131 Buchanan: one of 50 American "flushdeckers", transferred to the Great Britain in 1940 in exchange for bases in Western hemisphere, commissioned by RN 9/9/1940 as Campbeltown. 17/1/1941 Campbelltown was transferred to Dutch Navy under the same name.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Campbelltown 15/10/1941 she was returned to RN and 28/3/1942 blown up during St-Nazaire raid.
sister-ship USS Fairfax 1918
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