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H.M.S CAMPANIA

ALTHOUGH NEVER OPERATED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION  COMMERCIALLY, H.M.S CAMPANIA WAS TO HAVE BEEN THE SISTER SHIP TO WAIWERA  ( THE 3RD WAIWERA BUILT IN 1944 ) AND HAD BEEN ORDERED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION IN 1940 AND WAS ON THE STOCKS IN 1941

 THE ADMIRALTY SECONDED HER BEFORE HER LAUNCH AND SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER ESCORT VESSEL, AND AS SUCH SHE WAS LAUNCHED AS H.M.S CAMPANIA FOR  THE ADMIRALTY IN 1944.

IN 1951 SHE WAS USED AS A FLOATING EXHIBITION SHIP AND TOURED THE UNITED KINGDOM.

 SHE WAS USED IN 1952 TO TRANSPORT PERSONNEL TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC FOR THE U.K ATOMIC TESTS NEAR  AUSTRALIA.

 SHE WAS SCRAPPED AT BLYTH IN 1955.

 

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