HMS Campbeltown (I42)
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HMS Campbeltown was a Town-class destroyer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was originally US destroyer USS Buchanan, and was one of 50 obsolescent US Navy destroyers transferred to
The newly transferred HMS Campbeltown (right) alongside her sister HMS Castleton
Starboard side view of Campbeltown as USS Buchanan in 1936
Dutch sailors on HNLMS Campbeltown.
HMS Campbeltown being converted
Destroyers-for-bases deal
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The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom on 2 September 1940, according to which 50 Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson-class US Navy destroyers were t
HMS Campbeltown (I42)
…World War. She was originally US destroyer USS Buchanan, and was one of 50 obsolescent US Navy destroyers transferred to the RN in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. Between 17 January 1941 and 15 October 1941 she also briefly served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Campbeltown before being returned to the…
Transferred destroyers sailing into British port, October 1940
American and British sailors examine depth charges. In the background are US Wickes-class destroyers before their transfer
U.S. Navy Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland
Coastal artillery battery at Fort Amherst, Newfoundland