HMS Campania

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Campania after the region of Campania in Italy:

• The first Campania, purchased in 1914, was a passenger liner converted to a seaplane tender. She collided with Royal Oak and Glorious in 1918 and sank in the Firth of Forth. The wrecksite was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 1 December 2001.
• The second Campania (D48) was an escort carrier launched in 1943. She served in World War II and was broken up in 1955.

[edit] References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.