HMS Campbeltown

Welcome to HMS Campbeltown's website, we hope that you will find the information within these pages useful. The ship is the third of the Type 22 Batch 3 frigates and the second Royal Navy warship to bear the name. Campbeltown was built by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd in Birkenhead, and was launched on 7 October 1987; entering service on 27 May 1989.

The name of HMS Campbeltown has a distinguished record of Royal Navy service. These are Battle of the Atlantic 1941-1942 and St. Nazaire 1942, which is often referred to as "the greatest raid of all" as it had the largest number of Victoria Cross medals awarded for a single operation.

The ship's motto is "Victoria Fortes Sequitur" which translates as "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.