HMS Campbeltown (1989) FG (2nd) |
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This HMS Campbeltown is the second to bear the name and the third of the Type 22 Batch 3 frigates. She was built by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd in Birkenhead, launched on 07-Oct-1987, and entered service 27-May-1989. Deployed to the Persian Gulf Nov-07 to May-08. The ship's motto is "Victoria Fortes Sequitur - Victory Through Strength". The crest is of a Bog Myrtle bush, a plant only found in the area surrounding the town of Campbeltown in Argyll, Scotland, the ship's affiliated town and one with which close ties are maintained. Decommissioned 07-Apr-2011.
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