HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)
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HMS Bamborough Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in mid-1944 she sank the U-boat U-387 on 9 December. Aside from a brief period assigned to the Fishery Protection Squadron in 1946, the rest of her career was spent as part of the fleet reserve until she was scrapped in May 1959.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Bamborough Castle |
Namesake | Bamborough Castle |
Ordered | 19 December 1942 |
Builder | John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen |
Laid down | 1 July 1943 |
Launched | 11 January 1944 |
Completed | 30 May 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: K412 |
Fate | Scrapped, May 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
Displacement | |
Length | 252 ft (76.8 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 99 |
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