HMS Norham Castle, initially named Totnes Castle, was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before...
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(K495) (ex-HMS Hever Castle) HMCS Hespeler (K489) (ex-HMS Guildford Castle) (later SS Chilcotin) HMCS Humberstone (K497) (ex-HMS Norham Castle) HMCS Huntsville...
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HMS Portchester Castle was a Castle-class corvette built in 1943 and scrapped in 1958. She was the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after Portchester...
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HMS Leeds Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, originally with pennant number K384. She was built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd....
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HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during...
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HMS Kenilworth Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was built by Smiths Dock Company at South Bank, North Yorkshire, launched on 17...
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HMS Launceston Castle (K397) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, named after Launceston Castle in Cornwall. The ship was constructed...
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SS Empire Shelter (redirect from HMS Barnard Castle)
Navy during World War II, originally laid down as the Castle-class corvette HMS Barnard Castle (pennant number K594). Completed a month before the end...
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HMS Amberley Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Amberley Castle near Arundel in West Sussex. Laid...
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HMS Oxford Castle (K692) was a Castle-class corvette, of United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Oxford Castle in England. She was built at Harland...
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HMS Knaresborough Castle (K389) was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, built under the 1943 War Programme, and named after Knaresborough Castle...
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HMS Allington Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Allington Castle in...
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SS Empire Peacemaker (redirect from HMS Scarborough Castle (K536))
at the end of World War II, originally laid down as the corvette HMS Scarborough Castle. Post-war she served as an Army transport ship before being scrapped...
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HMS Denbigh Castle (K696) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The ship was completed at the end of 1944...
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HMS Hedingham Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy named after Hedingham Castle in Essex. She was originally to have been called Gorey...
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SS Empire Rest (redirect from HMS Rayleigh Castle)
the Castle-class corvette Rayleigh Castle. Post-war she served as a transport ship until 1948, was sold in 1951, and scrapped in 1952. The Castle-class...
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SS Empire Comfort (redirect from HMS York Castle)
rescue ship which was launched in 1944 as HMS York Castle a Castle-class corvette, but was renamed Empire Castle and converted for merchant service before...
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HMS Rushen Castle (K372) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Castle Rushen in Castletown, Isle of Man...
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HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The Castle-class corvette was a stretched...
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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...
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HMS Alnwick Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Alnwick Castle in Northumberland...
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Castle (1894–1904), Hawarden Castle (1883–1904), Kildonan Castle (1899–1931), Kinfauns Castle (2) (1899–1927), Lismore Castle (1891–1904), RMS Norham...
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HMS Flint Castle (K383) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed at the end of 1943, the ship ran aground...
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HMS Berkeley Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. Built and commissioned in 1943, she escorted convoys from 1944 to 1945...
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HMS Nunney Castle was a Castle-class corvette ordered by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian...
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December 1944, Became OWS Weather Reporter in 1957. HMS Norham Castle – originally Totnes Castle – Castle-class corvette – Launched 12 April 1944. Transferred...
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HMS Caister Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The Castle-class corvette was a stretched version...
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HMS Pembroke Castle was a Castle-class corvette built for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred...
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HMS Walmer Castle was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred...
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HMS Farnham Castle (K413) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy. She was laid down at John Crown & Sons Ltd in Sunderland on 25 June 1943...
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