HMS Pevensey Castle (K449)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Pevensey Castle |
| Namesake | Pevensey Castle |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff |
| Yard number | 1239[1] |
| Laid down | 21 June 1943 |
| Launched | 11 January 1944 |
| Completed | 10 June 1944[1] |
| Commissioned | 10 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | February 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K449 |
| Fate | Converted to a weather ship in 1959 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | 1959 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1982 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 252 ft (76.8 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine |
| 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 |
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HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during World War II and saw service during the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.
Construction and career
[edit]Pevensey Castle, named for the castle in Pevensey, was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, and launched on 11 January 1944. The ship was commissioned in June 1944.
World War II
[edit]In World War II, as part of 30th Escort Group under the command of Denys Rayner, Pevensey Castle shared in the sinking of the German submarine U-1200[2] south of Ireland on 11 November 1944, along with sister ships Launceston Castle, Portchester Castle and Kenilworth Castle.
Weather ship
[edit]In 1960/61 she was converted at Blyth to the weather ship Weather Monitor. She was upgraded at the Manchester Dry Docks Company in 1976 and renamed Admiral Beaufort
Fate
[edit]She was withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped at Troon in 1982.
References
[edit]- ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.
- ^ U-1200 at uboat.net
Bibliography
[edit]- Campbell, N. J. M. (1980). "Great Britain (including Empire Forces)". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 2–85. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Goodwin, Norman; compiled by (2007). Castle Class Corvettes: An Account of the Service of the Ships and of Their Ships' Companies. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 978-1-904459-27-9.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
