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HMS Caistor Castle

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
imageHMS Caistor Castle FL7393.jpg
image_captionCaistor Castle, 25 January 1945
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryUnited Kingdom
flag[[File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg60pxRN Ensign]]
nameCaister Castle
namesakeCaister Castle
ordered19 December 1942
builderJohn Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen
laid_down28 August 1943
launched22 May 1944
completed29 September 1944
decommissioned1953
identificationPennant number: K690
fateSold for scrap, 1956
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement*1010 LT (standard)
length252 ft
beam33 ft
draught14 ft
power*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*{{cvt2880ihplkon}}
propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
speed16.5 kn
range6500 nmi at 15 kn
complement99
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 Caister Castle (K690) was one of 44 s built for the Royal Navy during World War II.

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

Caistor Castle was laid down by John Lewis & Sons at their shipyard in Aberdeen on 26 August 1943 and launched on 22 May 1944. She was completed on 29 September and served as a convoy escort until the end of the war in May 1945. After the war, Caistor Castle was in reserve at Devonport from 1947 until 1948. She represented the Reserve Fleet at the 1953 Coronation Review and served in the Second Training Squadron at Portland from February 1953 until 1955. Caistor Castle was then placed in reserve at Devonport before being sold for scrap to Arnott Young in 1956; the ship arrived at Dalmuir in March to be broken up.

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Bibliography

References

  1. Lenton, p. 297
  2. Chesneau, p. 63; Lenton, p. 297
  3. Goodwin, p. 3
  4. Goodwin, pp. 120–122
  5. Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden
  6. Goodwin, p. 122
  7. Lenton, p. 298
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