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HMS Hedingham Castle (K529)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	HMS Hedingham Castle IWM FL 8982.jpg
image_caption	Hedingham Castle
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag
name	Hedingham Castle
namesake	Hedingham Castle
builder	John Crown & Sons
laid_down	2 November 1943
launched	30 October 1944
decommissioned	August 1945
identification	Pennant number: K529
fate	Scrapped, April 1958
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 Hedingham Castle''' was a built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed just after Germany surrendered in May 1945, the ship was reduced to reserve in August, but was reactivated a few months later. She became a training ship in January 1949 until the ship was again placed in reserve in 1956. *Hedingham Castle'' was sold for scrap the following year and was broken up beginning in April 1958.

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

Named after Hedingham Castle in Essex, Hedingham Castle was ordered on 9 December 1942 under the name Gorey Castle (after Mont Orgueil in Jersey), but was renamed sometime in 1943. The ship was laid down at John Crown & Sons in Sunderland on 2 November 1943 and launched on 30 October 1944 before being commissioned on 12 May 1945, four days after Germany surrendered. Nonetheless, she was assigned to Western Approaches Command's Anti-Submarine Training School at Tobermory, Mull, for three weeks after working up. Hedingham Castle was briefly placed in reserve from August to October at Chatham. She was reactivated that month for air-sea rescue duties under Rosyth Command and was then assigned to the 3rd Escort Flotilla, based at Portland Harbour in 1946. In June 1947 the ship made a port visit to Harwich so she could be visited by the residents of Castle Hedingham who had adopted her. Hedingham Castle was assigned to the 2nd Training Flotilla in January 1949 at Portland.

In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The ship was again placed in reserve in 1956, albeit at Plymouth, and was sold for scrap on 21 October 1957. Hedingham Castle arrived at Granton in April 1958 to begin demolition.

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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
Goodwin, pp. 171–173
Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden
Goodwin, p. 173

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