H.M.S. CAMERON I05

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DESTROYER
Displacement 1,190 Tons
Shipyard Bethlehem
Launched 08/05/1919
Commissioned 09/09/1940 (RN)
Paid Off  
Scrapped See Notes

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Contributed history and points of special interest. 

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Sole named ship.  Originally USS  WELLES on Lend Lease. Bombed by German aircraft and capsized in Portsmouth dock 15/12/1940. Re-floated 23/02/1941 and used for shock trials. Left Portsmouth 11/1944 for breaking up at Falmouth. oldships.org.uk
Photograph is of U.S.S. Welles
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