Allied Warships

HNMS Campbeltown (I 42)

Destroyer of the Town class

Navy	The Royal Dutch Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Town
Pennant	I 42
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	29 Jun 1918
Launched	2 Jan 1919
Commissioned	17 Jan 1941
End service	15 Oct 1941
History	Returned to the Royal Navy on 15 October 1941.
Former name	HMS Campbeltown

Commands listed for HNMS Campbeltown (I 42)

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	Commander	From	To
1	kapitein-luitenant ter zee (Cdr.) Willem Harmsen, RNN	17 Jan 1941	15 Oct 1941

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Notable events involving Campbeltown include:

14 Jul 1941
HMS H 44 (Lt. A.C.G. Mars, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Lincoln (Lt. R.J. Hanson, RN) and HrMs Campbeltown (Cdr. W. Harmsen, RNN). (1)

15 Jul 1941
HMS H 44 (Lt. A.C.G. Mars, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HrMs Campbeltown (Cdr. W. Harmsen, RNN). (1)