HMS Campbeltown Released

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Happy to see HMS Cambelltown. I would invest in the Cambelltown and her sisters-especially, in their original USN version. (They were the backbone of the ASIATIC Fleet, at Java Sea and other actions where this class of ships were martyrs in heroic fights against impossible odds, under the stars and stripes.)

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We're sailing back into Cruel Seas with the release of HMS Campbeltown, famed for the daring Operation Chariot.

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HMS Campbeltown

Originally a U.S. destroyer, HMS Campbeltown was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the destroyers for bases agreement after the outset of World War Two. She was arguably the most famous of these ships, due to her role in Operation Chariot in 1942.

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