HMS Woolvesey Castle
As HMCS Huntsville
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Woolvesey Castle |
Namesake | Wolvesey Castle |
Ordered | 23 January 1943 |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon |
Laid down | 1 June 1943 |
Launched | 24 February 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: K461 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy |
Canada | |
Name | Huntsville |
Namesake | Huntsville, Ontario |
Acquired | 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 February 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K497 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944–45[1] |
Fate | Sold for mercantile service |
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In service | 1947 |
Out of service | 19 August 1960 |
Fate | Sunk in collision, 19 August 1960 |
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 Woolvesey Castle,
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
Construction and career
Woolvesey Castle, named after a
Following her commissioning, Huntsville was sent to
In May 1945, Huntsville underwent a refit at Halifax which was completed in August and was placed in reserve the following month.
Belle Isle II was hit by the merchant vessel Holmside on
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 (1,616–1,656 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
- ^ Miramar claims the ship was broken up at Sorel, Quebec in May 1964.
Citations
- ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Macpherson and Barrie, p.164
- ^ a b c Colledge, p.307
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
- ^ "HMS Wolvesey Castle (K 499)". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Huntsville (5039939)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Daily News – August 2015". boatnerd.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
References
- 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.