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H M S Campbell
destroyer built by Cammell Laird, launched 21.9.1918, converted 1940 to a short-range escort.
1530 tons 332ft x 32ft armed 3 x 4.7in, 1 x 4in, 4 x 20mm guns
based at Sheerness 1939-40 engaged in escorting convoys along the east coast - she sank the German torpedo boat S-38 in an action off Lowestoft 19/20 November 1940; Feb '42 in action against the Gniesenau in the Channel. She was scrapped in 1948
H M S Chitral
Armed Merchant Cruiser - built 1925 by Stephens, Glasgow as an ocean liner for P & O. Taken over by the Navy 1939 and armed with 7 x 6in and 3 x 4in guns.
Served with the Northern Patrol 1940-41; Atlantic escort force 1941. IN 11.1941 to the East Indies; paid off 1944 and converted to a troopship. 1945 returned to P & O and scrapped 1953
H M S Patia
Initially served as an Ocean Boarding Vessel, later a Fighter Catapult Ship. Built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1922 a a cargo ship for Elders & Fyffes. Taken over by the Navy 1940, armed with 2 x 6in, 2 x 2pdr guns. She was bombed and sunk by German aircraft 27.4.1941 off Northumberland coast.
H M S Montclare
Armed Merchant Cruiser, later a depot ship - built by Brown, Clydebank as an ocean liner for Canadian Pacific in 1921. Taken over by the Navy 1939 and armed 7 x 5.5in 3 x 4in guns. Served with the Northern Patrol 1940-41; 1942-43 converted to a depot ship for destroyers; in 1944 to the Pacific Fleet. Post war used as a submarine depot ship and remained in srvice until scrapped in 1958.
H M S Golden Hind
Not a ship but a shore base - the name given to the RN base at Sydney, Australia 1944-47