HMS Hurst Castle (K 416)
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| Name | HMS Hurst Castle (K 416) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (Castle) | ||
| Tonnage | 1,010 tons | ||
| Completed | 1944 - Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 1 Sep 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-482 (Graf von Hartmut Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen) | ||
| Position | 55.27N, 08.12W - Grid AM 5612 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 124 officers and men (17 dead and 107 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | CU-36 | ||
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| History | HMS Hurst Castle (K 416) was completed in June 1944 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.22 hours on 1 Sep, 1944, HMS Hurst Castle (K 416) (Lt H.G. Chesterman, DSC and Bar, RNR) was hit by one Gnat from U-482 and sank north of Troy Island, Donegal. The corvette was escorting the convoy CU-36 as part of the B1 Escort Group. The survivors were picked up by HMS Ambuscade (D 38). | ||
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