HMS Allington Castle
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Allington Castle |
| Namesake | Allington Castle |
| Ordered | 9 December 1942 |
| Builder | Paisley, Scotland |
| Laid down | 22 July 1943 |
| Launched | 29 February 1944 |
| Completed | 19 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K689 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 20 December 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 252 ft (76.8 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power |
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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 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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HMS Allington Castle was one of 44
fishery patrol duties in 1945–1947, being sold for scrap
in 1958.
Design and description
The Castle-class corvette was a stretched version of the preceding
kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The Castles carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ships' complement was 99 officers and ratings.[1]
The Castle-class ships were equipped with a single
radio direction finder rounded out the Castles' sensor suite.[3]
Construction and career
Allington Castle was
Sunderland on 20 December 1958 to be broken up.[5]
Citations
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Goodwin, Norman (2007). Castle Class Corvettes: An Account of the Service of the Ships and of Their Ships' Companies. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 978-1-904459-27-9.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
