Allied Warships

Corvettes

Castle class

39 ships

The corvette HMCS Arnprior (K 494) of the Royal Canadian 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.

All ships of the Castle class

Royal Canadian Navy (more on Royal Canadian Navy)
	HMCS Arnprior (K 494)
	HMCS ~~Aydon Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Barnwell Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Beeston Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Bodiam Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Bolton Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Bowes Castle~~
	HMCS Bowmanville (K 493)
	HMCS ~~Bramber Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Bridgnorth Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Brough Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Canterbury Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Chepstow Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Chester Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Christchurch Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Clare Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Clavering Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Clitheroe Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Clun Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Colchester Castle~~
	HMCS Copper Cliff (K 495)
	HMCS ~~Corfe Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Cornet Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Cowes Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Criccieth Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Cromer Castle~~
	HMCS Devizes Castle
	HMCS ~~Dhyfe Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Dunster Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Egremont Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Fotheringay Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Helmsley Castle~~
	HMCS Hespeler (K 489)
	HMCS Humberstone (K 497)
	HMCS Huntsville (K 499)
	HMCS Kincardine (K 490)
	HMCS Leaside (K 492)
	HMCS ~~Malling Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Malmesbury Castle~~
	HMCS Orangeville (K 491)
	HMCS Petrolia (K 498)
	HMCS ~~Raby Castle~~
	HMCS St. Thomas (K 488)
	HMCS Tillsonburg (K 496)
	HMCS ~~Trematon Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Tutbury Castle~~
	HMCS ~~Wigmore Castle~~
Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)
	HMS Allington Castle (K 689)
	HMS Alnwick Castle (K 405)
	HMS ~~Alton Castle~~
	HMS Amberley Castle (K 386)
	HMS ~~Applebey Castle~~
	HMS Bamborough Castle (K 412)
	HMS ~~Barnard Castle~~ (K 594)
	HMS ~~Bere Castle~~
	HMS Berkeley Castle (K 387)
	HMS Caistor Castle (K 690)
	HMS ~~Caldecot Castle~~
	HMS ~~Calshot Castle~~
	HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K 379)
	HMS Denbigh Castle (K 696)	Lost on 13 Feb 1945
	HMS ~~Dover Castle~~
	HMS ~~Dudley Castle~~
	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 ~~Maiden Castle~~ (K 443)
	HMS ~~Monmouth Castle~~
	HMS Morpeth Castle (K 693)
	HMS Norham Castle (K 497) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Humberstone)
	HMS ~~Norwich Castle~~
	HMS Nunney Castle (K 493) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Bowmanville)
	HMS Oakham Castle (K 530)
	HMS ~~Oswestry Castle~~
	HMS Oxford Castle (K 692)
	HMS Penbroke Castle (K 496) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Tillsonburg)
	HMS ~~Pendennis Castle~~
	HMS Pevensey Castle (K 449)
	HMS Portchester Castle (K 362)
	HMS ~~Rayleigh Castle~~ (K 695)
	HMS ~~Rhuddlan Castle~~
	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 ~~Scarborough Castle~~ (K 536)
	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 ~~Thornbury Castle~~
	HMS Tintagel Castle (K 399)
	HMS ~~Tonbridge Castle~~
	HMS Walmer Castle (K 492) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Leaside)
	HMS ~~Warkworth Castle~~
	HMS Wolvesey Castle (K 499) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Huntsville)
	HMS ~~York Castle~~ (K 537)
Royal Norwegian Navy (more on Royal Norwegian Navy)
	HNoMS Tunsberg Castle (K 374)	Lost on 12 Dec 1944
39 Corvettes (53 names) of the Castle class. 3 of them were lost. ~~Strikeout~~ means that ship was cancelled (not finished) - not counted in class figures.