HMS Campania

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

• The first HMS Campania (1914), 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 HMS Campania (D48) was an escort carrier launched in 1943. She served in World War II and was broken up in 1955.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.