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HMS Bamborough Castle

British warship (1944-1959)

Summary

British warship (1944-1959)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	HMS Bamborough Castle (K412).png
image_caption	Bamborough Castle
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
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name	Bamborough Castle
namesake	Bamborough Castle
ordered	19 December 1942
builder	John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen
laid_down	1 July 1943
launched	11 January 1944
completed	30 May 1944
identification	Pennant number: K412
fate	Scrapped, May 1959
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
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 Bamborough Castle (K412) was one of 44 s built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in mid-1944 she sank the U-boat on 9 December. Aside from a brief period assigned to the Fishery Protection Squadron in 1946, the rest of her career was spent as part of the fleet reserve until she was scrapped in May 1959.

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

Bamborough Castle was laid down by J. Lewis & Sons at their shipyard in Aberdeen on 1 July 1943 and launched on 11 January 1944. She was completed on 30 May and served as a convoy escort, sinking the German U-boat in the Barents Sea with depth charges on 9 December 1944. The ship was placed in reserve on 25 May 1945. Bamborough Castle was reactivated in January 1946 and assigned to the Fishery Protection Flotilla based at Plymouth before she returned to reserve in 1947. The ship was sold for scrap in 1959 and arrived at Llanelli on 22 May to be broken up.

Citations

Bibliography

References

Lenton, p. 297
Chesneau, p. 63; Lenton, p. 297
Goodwin, p. 3
Goodwin, pp. 97–98
Lenton, p. 298

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