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How HMS Campbeltown entered British service

Campbeltown's transfer to Britain belonged to the destroyers-for-bases agreement.

Question

Was HMS Campbeltown a Lend-Lease ship?

Short answer

No. She was transferred through the destroyers-for-bases agreement.

Notes

The discussion corrects the suggestion that HMS Campbeltown was a Lend-Lease transfer. She came through the destroyers-for-bases agreement, a distinction raised during the debate about reusing her name.