HMS Campania

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

• RMS Campania was a Cunard ocean liner, launched in 1892. In 1914 she was converted into the first HMS Campania, which was an armed merchant cruiser and seaplane tender. She was sunk in a collision in 1918.
• HMS Campania (D48) was an escort carrier. She was launched in 1943, and scrapped in 1955.

See also

• Campania was an Austro-Hungarian-owned cargo ship that was built in 1901. The US seized her in 1917, and renamed her Kerowlee. She was scrapped in 1933.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.