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HMS Portchester Castle (K 362)

Corvette of the Castle class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassCastle 
PennantK 362 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down17 Mar, 1943 
Launched21 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned8 Nov, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Troon on 14 May 1958.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Alexander Gordon Scott, RNR
4 August 1943 – 20 May 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Leslie Turner, DSC, RNR
20 May 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Portchester Castle include:

Portrayed the fictional frigate HMS Saltash Castle in the movie The Cruel Sea starring Jack Hawkins and Stanley Baker.

9 Sep, 1944
The German submarine U-484 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of Ireland, in position 55º45'N, 11º41'W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Portchester Castle (Lt. A.G. Scott, RNR) and the British frigate HMS Helmsdale (Cdr. P.W. Burnett, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)

11 Nov, 1944
The German submarine U-1200 was sunk south of Ireland, in position 50º24'N, 09º10'W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Pevensey Castle (Cdr. D.A. Rayner, DSC, VD, RNVR), HMS Launceston Castle (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR), HMS Portchester Castle (Lt. A.G. Scott, RNR) and HMS Kenilworth Castle (Lt. J.J. Allon, RNR). (see map)


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