HMS Pembroke Castle
HMCS Tillsonburg underway
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Pembroke Castle |
Namesake | Pembroke Castle |
Builder | Ferguson Brothers Ltd., Port Glasgow |
Laid down | 3 June 1943 |
Launched | 12 February 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: K450 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy |
Canada | |
Name | Tillsonburg |
Namesake | Tillsonburg, Ontario |
Acquired | 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 8 March 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: K496 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944–45[1] |
Fate | Sold for mercantile service 1946 |
Republic of China | |
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Owner | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
In service | 1946 |
Out of service | June 1, 1950 |
Fate | Taken over by Nationalist Chinese government 1 June 1950 |
Republic of China | |
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Owner | Republic of China Navy |
Acquired | June 1, 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1963 |
Fate | Discarded 1963 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Castle-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,060 long tons (1,077 t) |
Length | 252 ft (77 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 6,200 nmi (11,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 120 |
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Armament |
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HMS Pembroke Castle was a
Design and description
The Castle class were an improved corvette design over their predecessor
A Castle-class corvette was 252 feet (77 m)
The ships were powered by two
The corvettes were armed with one
The ships were equipped with Type 145 and Type 147B
Service history
Pembroke Castle, named after the
Following workups at
On 5 September 1946, the ship was sold to Chinese interests and renamed Ta Ching.[7][8] The ship was converted to a merchant vessel with a gross register tonnage of 1,387 tons.[9] In 1947, the ship was renamed Chiu Chin before being taken over the Nationalist Chinese government on 1 June 1951 and renamed Kao An.[7][8][10][note 5] The ship was rearmed with one 120 mm (5 in) gun, one 76 mm (3 in) gun and two twin mounted 40 mm cannons.[10] Kao An was discarded in 1963.[7][10]
References
Notes
- ^ Brown states the beam at 36.5 feet (11.1 m) and the draught at 13.5 feet (4.1 m)
- ^ Chesneau states the displacement at deep load as 1,590–1,630 long tons (1,620–1,660 t)
- ^ Brown states the complement as 99 and Johnston states the complement of Canadian ships at 112 (7 officers and 105 ratings).
- ^ Mk XIX = Mark 19. Britain used Roman numerals to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. This was the nineteenth model of British QF 4-inch gun
- ^ The sources disagree as to which party in the Chinese Civil War assumed control of the ship. Macpherson and Barrie, Chesneau and Jane's Fighting Ships claim it was Nationalist China, while Colledge claims it was Communist China.
Citations
- ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chesneau, p.63
- ^ Brown 2007, p.142
- ^ a b c d e Brown 2007, p.127
- ^ a b Brown 2007, p.126
- ^ Brown 2012, p.129
- ^ a b c d Colledge, p.631
- ^ a b c d Macpherson and Barrie, p.167
- ^ "Tillsonburg (6129356)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Chesneau, p.457
Sources
- Brown, David K. (2007). Atlantic Escorts Ships: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-702-0.
- Brown, David K. (2012). Nelson to Vanguard: Warship Design and Development 1923–1945. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-149-6.
- 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.
- Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.