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HMS Allington Castle

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country	United Kingdom
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name	Allington Castle
namesake	Allington Castle
ordered	9 December 1942
builder	Fleming and Ferguson, 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
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class
displacement	*1010 LT (standard)
length	252 ft
beam	33 ft
draught	14 ft
power	*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*{{cvt	2880	ihp	lk	on}}
propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
speed	16.5 kn
range	6500 nmi at 15 kn
complement	99
sensors	*Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC
armament	*1 × single 4 in gun

1510 LT (deep load)
2880 ihp
Type 277 search radar
HF/DF radio direction finder
2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm AA guns
1 × 3-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar
15 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers

HMS Allington Castle (K689) was one of 44 built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Allington Castle in Kent. Completed in 1944, she served as a convoy escort during the war and on 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 Flower class, enlarged to improve seakeeping and to accommodate modern weapons. The ships displaced 1010 LT at standard load and 1510 LT at deep load. They had an overall length of 252 ft, a beam of 36 ft and a deep draught of 14 ft. They were powered by a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines developed a total of 2880 ihp and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 kn. The Castles carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 6500 nmi at 15 kn. The ships' complement was 99 officers and ratings.

The Castle-class ships were equipped with a single QF 4 in Mk XVI gun forward, but their primary weapon was their single three-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar. This was backed up by one depth charge rail and two throwers for 15 depth charges. The ships were fitted with two twin and a pair of single mounts for 20 mm Oerlikon light AA guns. Provision was made for a further four single mounts if needed. They were equipped with Type 145Q and Type 147B ASDIC sets to detect submarines by reflections from sound waves beamed into the water. A Type 277 search radar and a HF/DF radio direction finder rounded out the Castles' sensor suite.

Construction and career

Allington Castle was laid down by Fleming and Ferguson at their shipyard at Paisley, Scotland, on 22 July 1943 and launched on 29 February 1944. She was completed on 19 June and served as a convoy escort until the end of the Second World War in May 1945. The ship was placed in reserve on 25 May. Allington Castle was reactivated in November and assigned to the Fishery Protection Flotilla based at Fleetwood. In 1947 she returned to reserve. The ship was sold and arrived at Sunderland on 20 December 1958 to be broken up.

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References

Lenton, p. 297
Chesneau, p. 63; Lenton, p. 297
Goodwin, p. 3
Goodwin, p. 71
Lenton, p. 298

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