Corvette of the Castle class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 405 |
| Built by | George Brown & Co. (Greenock, Scotland): Kincaid |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Jun, 1943 |
| Launched | 23 May, 1944 |
| Commissioned | 11 Nov, 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | In Reserve at Portsmouth during 1946-1949.
In Reserve at Harwich during 1950-1953.
In Reserve at West Hartlepool during 1953-1958.
Arrived at Gateshead on 9 December 1958 to be broken up by JJ King & Co. Ltd.
Commanding Officers:
A/Lt.Cdr. Herbert Arthur Stonehouse, DSC, RNR
20 July 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Alnwick Castle is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Alnwick Castle include: 17 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-425 was sunk in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position 69º39'N, 35º50'E, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Lark (Cdr. Lambton, RN, (retired)) and the British corvette HMS Alnwick Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Stonehouse, DSC, RNR). (see map) |
