HMS Hadleigh Castle
 Hadleigh Castle in September 1943 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) |
| Namesake: | Hadleigh Castle |
| Builder: | Smiths Dock Company |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 31 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, January 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,060 long tons (1,077 t) |
| Length: | 252 ft (77 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,750 hp (2.05 MW) |
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| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range: | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 112 |
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HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.
She was laid down at Smiths Dock in Middlesbrough on 4 April 1943 and launched on 21 June 1943 before being commissioned on 18 September 1943 [1]
References
Publications
- Brown, David K. (2007). Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-702-0.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
External links
- HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) - Castle Class Corvette. Naval-History.net
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