HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.
 Hadleigh Castle in September 1943
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hadleigh Castle |
| Namesake | Hadleigh Castle |
| Builder | Smiths Dock Company |
| Laid down | 4 April 1943 |
| Launched | 21 June 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K355 |
| 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) |
| Propulsion |
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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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| Armament |
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Hadleigh Castle was the first ship to be fitted with a production version of the highly effective Squid anti-submarine mortar, the prototype of which had only been installed on board HMS Ambuscade in May 1943.
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
editPublications
edit- 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.
- Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
External links
edit- HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) - Castle Class Corvette. Naval-History.net
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