350-009 HMS MACKAY 1945 R.

HMS Campbell (D60) was a British destroyer, the keel of which was laid in November 1917, launched in September 1918, and commissioned in the Royal Navy in December of the same year. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 101.4 m, width 9.68 m, and her full displacement reached 2,080 tons. However, the maximum speed reached 36-37 knots! The ship's armament included: 5 120 mm guns, a single 76 mm anti-aircraft gun and 6 533 mm torpedo tubes. HMS Campbell (D60) was the fourth of 8 ships of the Admiralty-class, sometimes called Scott - from the first of its kind. Units of this type were conceived as the so-called destroyer flotilla leaders were therefore slightly larger than typical destroyers of the time, better armed, and above all had relatively large command and communication compartments and rooms. Overall, they turned out to be successful and solid ships. HMS Campbell (D60), shortly after entering service, was sent to the Baltic Sea (1919), supporting the actions against the Bolsheviks in the civil war that was taking place in Russia at that time. He spent a large part of the 1920s and 1930s in his home waters. During World War II, he took part in the Norwegian campaign in 1940, and later performed mainly escort and patrol tasks, often supporting the activities of Atlantic convoys. In February 1942, he took part in an unsuccessful attempt to intercept German ships (Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen) making their way from Brest to German ports. In June 1944, he supported the Allied landing in Normandy. The unit happily survived World War II and was scrapped in 1947.