The corvette HMS Leeds Castle (K 384) of the Royal Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 1010 BRT |
| Length | 252 feet (oa) |
| Complement | 120 men |
| Armament | 1 4" gun 10 20mm (2x2, 6x1) Squid |
| Max speed | 16.5 knots |
| Engines | Reciprocating (4 cyl. V.T.E.), 1 shaft |
| Power | 2880 HP |
| Notes on class | After U-boats demonstrated mid-Atlantic attack capability from French bases, construction of Flower class corvettes designed for coastal escort was discontinued in favour of River class frigates better suited for ocean escort work. Shipyards too small to build 300 foot frigates began producing an improved 250 foot corvette called the Castle class. |
Royal Navy ships of the Castle class
To see all Castle class ships click here.
| HMS Allington Castle (K 689) | ||
| HMS Alnwick Castle (K 405) | ||
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| HMS Amberley Castle (K 386) | ||
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| HMS Bamborough Castle (K 412) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Berkeley Castle (K 387) | ||
| HMS Caistor Castle (K 690) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K 379) | ||
 | HMS Denbigh Castle (K 696) | Lost on 13 Feb 1945 |
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Dumbarton Castle (K 388) | ||
| HMS Farnham Castle (K 413) | ||
| HMS Flint Castle (K 383) | ||
| HMS Guildford Castle (K 489) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Hespeler) | ||
| HMS Hadleigh Castle (K 355) | ||
| HMS Hedingham Castle (i) (K 491) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Orangeville) | ||
| HMS Hedingham Castle (ii) (K 529) | ||
| HMS Hever Castle (K 495) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Copper Cliff) | ||
| | HMS Hurst Castle (K 416) | Lost on 1 Sep 1944 |
| | HMS Kenilworth Castle (K 420) | |
| HMS Knaresborough Castle (K 389) | ||
| HMS Lancaster Castle (K 691) | ||
| HMS Launceston Castle (K 397) | ||
| | HMS Leeds Castle (K 384) | |
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Morpeth Castle (K 693) | ||
| HMS Norham Castle (K 497) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Humberstone) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Nunney Castle (K 493) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Bowmanville) | ||
| HMS Oakham Castle (K 530) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Oxford Castle (K 692) | ||
| HMS Penbroke Castle (K 496) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Tillsonburg) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Pevensey Castle (K 449) | ||
| HMS Portchester Castle (K 362) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Rising Castle (K 494) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Arnprior) | ||
| HMS Rushen Castle (K 372) | ||
| HMS Sandgate Castle (K 488) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Thomas) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Sherborne Castle (K 498) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Petrolia) | ||
| HMS Shrewsbury Castle (K 374) (To the Royal Norwegian Navy as Tunsberg Castle) | ||
| HMS Tamworth Castle (K 490) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Kincardine) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Tintagel Castle (K 399) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Walmer Castle (K 492) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Leaside) | ||
| HMS | ||
| HMS Wolvesey Castle (K 499) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Huntsville) | ||
| HMS | ||
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See all Royal Navy Corvette classes.
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Castle class ships hit by U-boats (2) | |||
| 13 Feb 1945 | HMS Denbigh Castle | Total loss | U-992 |
| 1 Sep 1944 | HMS Hurst Castle | Sunk | U-482 |
 Really Not Required Warwick, Colin |
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