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HMS Farnham Castle

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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	HMS Farnham Castle WWII IWM FL 13067.jpg
image_caption	Oblique front view of Farnham Castle, 1945
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
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name	Farnham Castle
namesake	Farnham Castle
builder	John Crown & Sons Ltd
laid_down	25 June 1943
launched	25 April 1944
commissioned	31 January 1945
out_of_service	24 May 1945
identification	Pennant number: K413
fate	Scrapped, 31 October 1960
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption	(as built)
class
displacement	*1010 LT (standard)
length	252 ft
beam	33 ft
draught	13 ft (deep load)
power	*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*{{convert	2880	ihp	lk	in	abbr=on}}
propulsion	1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine
speed	16.5 kn
range	6500 nmi at 15 kn
complement	99
sensors	*Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC
armament	*1 × QF 4 in DP gun
*2 × twin, 2 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon	{{convert	20	mm	1	abbr	on}}]] AA guns

2880 ihp
Type 272 search radar
HF/DF radio direction finder
2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm AA guns
1 × 3-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar
1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 15 depth charges HMS Farnham Castle (K413) was a built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in 1945, she spent the rest of the war escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union. The ship was reduced to reserve on 24 May and scrapped in 1960.

Design and description

The Castle-class corvette was a stretched version of the preceding , enlarged to improve seakeeping and to accommodate modern weapons. The ships displaced 1010 LT at standard load and 1510 LT at deep load. The ships had an overall length of 252 ft, a beam of 36 ft The engine developed a total of 2880 ihp and gave a 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 dual-purpose 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 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 272 search radar and a HF/DF radio direction finder rounded out the Castles' sensor suite.

Construction and career

Farnham Castle was laid down at John Crown & Sons in Sunderland on 25 June 1943 and launched on 25 April 1944 before being commissioned on 31 January 1945. After working up, she joined Convoy JW 65 on 12 March. The ship formed part of the close escort of the return convoy, RA 65 on 23 March. Farnham Castle was assigned to the close escort of Convoy JW 66 on 16 April and then RA 66 on 29 April. She arrived at the Clyde on the day that Germany surrendered, 8 May. The ship was reduced to reserve on 24 May. Farnham Castle arrived at Gateshead on 31 October 1960 to be broken up.

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and a deep [[draft (hull). draught]] of {{convert. 13. ft. 9. in. m. 1. They were powered by a four-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion. triple-expansion steam engine]] driving one [[propeller shaft]] using steam provided by two [[Admiralty three-drum boiler]]s.Goodwin, p. 2
Lenton, p. 297
Campbell, p. 63; Lenton, p. 297
Goodwin, p. 3
[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/72.html Uboat.net]
Rohwer, pp. 399, 403, 410, 412
Goodwin, p. 154
Colledge, Warlow & Bush, p. 150

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