Talk:RMS Campania

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[edit] Merge

Why we have both RMS Campania and HMS Campania (1914) is beyond me. It's the same ship. I nominate the RMS Campania title to be the final title, as that was the ship's original designation, designed use, and under which it served longest. SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:41, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Support merge, and support RMS Campania as the name - there will be a redirect from HM Campania anyway Viv Hamilton 08:59, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Oppose merge. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships). Specifically ...if the ship had significant careers in two navies, it may be best to create two articles... This can be seen as two navies, the merchant navy and the Royal Navy. Commissioned warships are notable in their own right, and HMS Campania had a notable career. RMS Campania is also notable and justifies her own article. The significance of the transformation, from merchant ship to warship also justifies this. We have a number of articles about what is technically the same ship under a different name, such as USS Phoenix (CL-46) and ARA General Belgrano, or HMS Decoy (H75) and HMCS Kootenay (H75). This article should follow these established conventions. Benea (talk) 18:43, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Could SS Campania be the name the ship starts with when it was a passenger ship. It was purchased by Britsh Navy to become the HMS Campania

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There seems to be something inconsistent about last voyage of APril 25, 1914. Previous text states the ship had a last voyage of July 7, 1901, was sold for scrap in and badly dmaged by fire. What would cause a Cunard to retrieve the ship and repair it for a last voyage? Is it possible that the sequence of events are comingled?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.149.63.162 (talk) 01:46, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

You seem to be confusing two separate ships. Campania's sister, RMS Luciana made her last voyage on July 7, 1901, was damaged by fire and then sold for scrapping. Campania too was withdrawn from service shortly afterwards, but returned in 1914, before being withdrawn again, and was then acquired by the Navy. Benea (talk) 15:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)