| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 399 |
| Built by | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 23 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 29 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 13 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 Apr 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Troon in June 1958. |
Commands listed for HMS Tintagel Castle (K 399)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Robert Atkinson, DSC, RNR | 1 Feb 1944 | 9 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Colin Arthur Hoodless, RNR | 9 Jun 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Tintagel Castle include:
28 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Loch Fada (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR), HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR), HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Miller, DSC, RNR) and HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR). (1)
29 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR), HMS Loch Fada (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR). (1)
4 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR). (2)
5 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Evenlode (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.B. Medlycott, RNR), HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR), HMS Loch Fada (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and FFS Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves . (2)
1 Aug 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC, RNR), HMS Allington Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Ogden, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Cygnet (Cdr. D.M. MacLean, RD, RNR). (3)
8 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Tintagel Castle (Lt. R. Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR), HMS Poppy (Lt. H. Roach, RNR) and HMS Lotus (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.B. Bald, MBE, RNVR). (4)
10 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-878 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of St Nazaire, France in position 47°35'N, 10°33'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vanquisher (A/Lt.Cdr. F.M. Osborne, DSC, RANVR) and the British corvette HMS Tintagel Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Atkinson, DSC, RN).
Sources
- ADM 173/19218
- ADM 173/19192
- File 2.12.03.6373 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19424
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.