HMS Hurst Castle

	Hurst Castle underway in the Firth of Tay on completion
History
United Kingdom
Name	Hurst Castle
Namesake	Hurst Castle
Ordered	2 February 1943
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down	6 August 1943
Launched	23 February 1944
Completed	9 June 1944
Fate	Sunk by U-482, 1 September 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class corvette
Displacement	1,010 long tons (1,030 t) (standard); 1,510 long tons (1,530 t) (deep load);
Length	252 ft (76.8 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.2 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2,880 ihp (2,150 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	99
Sensors and ; processing systems	Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC; Type 277 search radar ; HF/DF radio direction finder;
Armament	1 × single 4 in (102 mm) gun; 2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 1 × 3-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar; 1 rail and 2 throwers for 15 depth charges;

HMS Hurst Castle (K416) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in June 1944, she began escorting convoys in August and was sunk by a German U-boat the following month.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.