HMS Campbeltown
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HMS Campbeltown was a British Royal Navy destroyer famously sacrificed in the 1942 St Nazaire raid, where it was packed with explosives and rammed into a German-held dry dock to disable it.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy destroyer
ⓘ
warship ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | HMS Campbeltown (I42) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
naval guns
ⓘ
torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| belligerent | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carried | explosives ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfEvent | 28 March 1942 ⓘ |
| designedAs | flush-deck destroyer ⓘ |
| era | 20th century warship ⓘ |
| explosionTimeDelay | several hours after impact ⓘ |
| fate | destroyed in St Nazaire Raid ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact | denied German battleships use of St Nazaire dry dock ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | St Nazaire, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodOfAttack | rammed dock gates ⓘ |
| missionObjective | disable Normandie dry dock ⓘ |
| navy | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | modified silhouette to resemble German destroyer ⓘ |
| notableFor | St Nazaire Raid sacrificial attack ⓘ |
| notableOperation | Operation Chariot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| opponent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| originalClass | Clemson-class destroyer ⓘ |
| originalName | USS Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalOperator | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Navy Western Approaches forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| purposeOfModification | deception during St Nazaire Raid ⓘ |
| result | Normandie dry dock rendered unusable ⓘ |
| role |
blockship
ⓘ
escort destroyer ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | World War II era ⓘ |
| status | sunk ⓘ |
| target | Normandie dry dock caisson gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatre | Atlantic theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | St Nazaire Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transferContext | Destroyers for Bases Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transferredFrom | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transferredTo | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | destroyer ⓘ |
| usedAs | explosive charge carrier ⓘ |
| yearOfSinking | 1942 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.