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HNoMS Tunsberg Castle (K 374)

Corvette of the Castle class

NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassCastle 
PennantK 374 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 May, 1943 
Launched16 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned17 Apr, 1944 
Lost12 Dec, 1944 
Loss position70.44N, 30.08E (See a map)
 
HistoryMined on 12 December 1944 of Båtsfjord, Norway in position 70.43.701'N, 30.07.800'E.
5 Crewmembers went down with the ship. 
Former nameHMS Shrewsbury Castle

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