Ship Class: HMS Castle

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Ship Class	HMS Castle


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Ship	HMS Berkerley Castle HMS HMCS Guilford Castle - Hespeler HMS HMCS Hedingham Castle - Orangeville HMS HMCS Hever Castle - Copper Cliff HMS HMCS Hunney Castle - Bowmanville HMS HMCS Norham Castle - Humberstone HMS HMCS Pembroke Castle - Tillsonburg HMS HMCS Sandgate Castle - St Thomas HMS HMCS Sherborne Castle - Petrolia HMS HMCS Tamworth Castle - Kincardine HMS HMCS Walmer Castle - Leaside HMS HMCS Woolvesey Castle - Huntsville

Ship Type	Escort
Escort Type	Corvette
Ship Class Attribute	Mercantile Standard \| Representative

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down
	Great Britain		1943_Jan_01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	1 010ton	76.8m	11.3m	3m	112	4 928

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type
	1	2 880hp	16.5kt	Reciprocating

Ship Classes
	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	9 500mile	10kt	34.397day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1:Ship Role	3) 1: Improve Ship Class	4) 3: as Class Improvement
	Convoy Escort	HMS Flower B	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 1: Installed With Sensor	5) 4:
	Gun 1 X BR 4in 40cal QF Mark XIX CP Mk XXIII Single	BR 4in 40cal QF Mark XIX CP Mk XXIII Single	BR, Radar, Type 272
	Gun 2 X BR 20mm 70cal Mark V VC Power Twin	BR 20mm 70cal Mark V VC Power Twin	BR, Intercept Receiver, HF DF
	Gun 2 X BR 20mm 70cal Mark I IA II Single	BR 20mm 70cal Mark I IA II Single	BR, Sonar, Type 144 Q
	Anti-submarine Squid 1 Rails		BR, Sonar, Type 147 B