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	Science Fair Projects - USS Buchanan (DD-131)
		The ship's bell from the first HMS Campbeltown was presented to the town of Campbelltown, Pennsylvania, United States at the end of the World War II as a token of gratitude to the USA for the lend-lease programme.
		Upon her arrival at Devonport, England, on 29 September 1940, HMS Campbeltown was allocated to the 7th Escort Group, Liverpool, in the Western Approaches Comm and.
		Campbeltown blew up on her delayed fuzes at 1135 on 28 March 1942, destroying the 160 ton caisson and rendering the dock out of action until 1948.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/HMS_Campbeltown_(I42) (1192 words)

	HMS Campbeltown (I42) Encyclopedia Article @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1988 the townspeople of Campbelltown voted to lend the bell to the current HMS Campbeltown for the duration of her service in the
		1940, HMS Campbeltown was allocated to the 7th Escort Group, Liverpool, in the Western Approaches Command.
		1942, Campbeltown and her Operation Chariot flotilla of 16 small Motor Launches, 1 Motor Torpedo Boat and a Motor Gun Boat sailed from Falmouth for St Nazaire.
	www.channelsandnetworks.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Campbeltown_(I42) (1045 words)

	Fire ship - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Michiel de Ruyter's attack on the anchored English fleet at the battle of Solebay in 1672 in which HMS Royal James was burned and her captain Edward Montagu killed.
		The Russian attack on the Turkish fleet at the battle of Chesma, 1770.
		An extension of the concept was however used in Operation Chariot of World War II, in which the old destroyer HMS Campbeltown was packed with explosives and rammed into the dry dock at Saint-Nazaire, France.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Fire_ship (421 words)

	USS Buchanan (DD-131) - Enpsychlopedia
		Nazaire Raid, led by Campbeltown, was so successful and contained such heroism, that it resulted in the award of 5 Victoria Crosses and 80 other decorations for Gallantry.
		The passage went smoothly and at 1:34 on 28 March 1942, Campbeltown rammed into the dock gate only 4 minutes later than planned.
		Campbeltown blew up on her delayed fuzes at 11:35 on 28 March 1942, destroying the 160 ton caisson and rendering the dock unusable until 1948.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/HMS_Campbeltown_(I42) (1096 words)

	Utah sucker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and Iceland, Broadwater was torpedoed by Unterseeboot 101 and sunk on 19 October 1941.
		- USS Swasey (DD-273) became HMS Rockingham (G58) on 26 November 1940 ; while returning to Aberdeen on 27 September 1944, poor navigation brought her into the defensive minefields off the east coast of the United Kingdom, and after striking a mine Rockingham was abandoned and sank with the loss of one life.
		- USS Hopewell (DD-181) became HMS Bath (I17) on 23 September 1940 ; while escorting her sixth convoy (OG-71) between Liverpool and Gibraltar, Bath was torpedoed by Unterseeboot 204 on 19 August 1941 and sank rapidly.
	en_birmingham.college.of.food.en.iwet.info (10489 words)

	A Survey of US Ships Transferred to Britain in Exchange for Western Hemisphere Basing Rights
		The new HMS Hamilton (ex-USS Kalk) was damaged in a collision with the new HMS Georgetown and subsequently transferred from the RN to the RCN, becoming the HMCS Hamilton.
		One of the destroyers lost achieved unique fame; HMS Campbeltown being expended as a floating bomb in a daring commando attack in which it rammed the gates of the Normandie Lock at Saint-Nazaire, a French city on the Biscay Coast.
		The Campbeltown's explosive exploit ensured that the German battleship Tirpitz would find no repair base in the Atlantic should she break out of the Arctic, diminishing the raider threat and making Campbeltown the most famous of the transferred destroyers.
	www.navweaps.com /index_tech/tech-072.htm (1297 words)

	Stephen Halden Beattie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nazaire, France, Lieutenant-Commander Beattie was in command of HMS Campbeltown.
		Under intense fire directed on the bridge from a range of about 100 yards, and in the full blinding glare of many searchlights, the lieutenant-commander steamed Campbeltown into the lock gates, as instructed, and beached and scuttled her in the correct position.
		HMS Campbeltown and the Raid on St. Nazaire (detailed description of the action)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_Halden_Beattie (289 words)

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	HMS Campbeltown - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		HMS Campbeltown - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Campbeltown:
		The first Campbeltown (I42), was a destroyer given to the Royal Navy by the United States Navy as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
	www.music.us /education/H/HMS-Campbeltown.htm (306 words)

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