HMS Camperdown (D32)
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Camperdown |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 30 October 1942 |
| Launched | 8 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number D32 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Battle-class destroyer |
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| Length | 379 ft (116 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 15.3 ft (4.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed | 35.75 knots (66.21 km/h) |
| Range | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 268 |
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HMS Camperdown was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the Battle of Camperdown, a naval engagement between the British and Dutch that took place in 1797, and which resulted in a British victory.
She was built by Fairfields and launched on 8 February 1944 and commissioned on 18 June 1945.