Ship's visit to HMS Campbeltown

17th July 2006

HMS Campbeltown
HMS Campbeltown.
A Type 22 batch 3 Broadsword class Frigate, launched in 1987 she has a permanant crew of 250, a displacement of 5300 tonnes She is 148.1 metres in length and has a top speed of 30 Knots.
Her C.O., Captain M R B Wallace R N, took command in April 2006.

The Ship's Bell

The ship's Bell is from the first HMS Campbeltown.
It is on loan from the town of Campbelltown in Pennsylvania, USA for the duration of the current ship's service in the Royal Navy.It was presented to the town at the end of the Second World War as a token of gratitude to the USA.

 

A view of the ship's crest

 

The centre of the ships' crest sports the bog myrtle which is a plant only found in the area surrounding the town of Campbeltown in Argyll, Scotland.

 

 

The first HMS Campbeltown was originally a US Navy ship, the USS Buchanan, hence the blue circle from the Buchanan's crest and the white star represents the flag of the USA.

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The visit was arranged by T.S.Venomous, the Loughborough Sea Cadets, and they kindly invited along some of the Leicester Cadets.

All the Cadets spent the day aboard ship in Liverpool dock and then six lucky Cadets along with two members of Loughborough's staff stayed onboard as the ship set off on a two day voyage to Portsmouth.

Alongside in Liverpool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Along side in Liverpool

The Ship's Radar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ship's Security is taken very seriously

 

The tour of the ship included a tour of the ships's weapons and armaments

and visits to the various parts of the ship including the engine room, operations room and the bridge

 

just some of the ship's Armament

 

On Target

 

 

 

 

 

 

More of the ship's weopons

 

The chosen ones.

 

 

The
Lucky
Six

 

 

 

 

It looks a long way back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A seagull on watch

 

 

As you can see we did pick up the odd hitch-hiker along the way!

 

 

 

 

On board ship

Whilst at sea the ship carried out a man over board excercise.

Man Overboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

Throwing him a line

He manages to get the line, an inflatable is also keeping watch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hauling him in

And safely back on board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMS Nottingham

 

While coming in to port at Portsmouth we passed some other ships including
HMS Nottingham
which is a type 42 Destroyer

 

 

 

HMS Lancaster

 

HMS Lancaster, a Type 23 Duke class Frigate

 

 

 

 

HMS Campbeltown

 

Because we were on the ship's inflatable taking us to port we also passed our own ship HMS Campbeltown

 

 

 

Farewell and Thank-you

We would very much like to thank Capt Wallace RN for allowing us to visit his ship and LOM Bye for arranging the visit.
But mainly thanks to S/Lt K. Adey SCC, the CO of Loughborough Sea Cadets, for inviting us along.