HMS Campbeltown (F86)
1989 Type 22 or Broadsword class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Campbeltown.
HMS Campbeltown was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd. in Birkenhead. She was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were larger than their predecessors and incorporated advanced close-in weapons after lessons learnt from the 1982 Falklands War. She was decommissioned on 7 April 2011.
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Name | HMS Campbeltown |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | January 1985 |
Builder | Cammell Laird |
Laid down | 4 December 1985 |
Launched | 7 October 1987 |
Commissioned | 27 May 1989 |
Decommissioned | 7 April 2011 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
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Fate | Scrapped October 2013 |
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Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
Displacement | 5,300 tons |
Length | 148.1 m (485 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
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Complement | 250 (max. 301) |
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