HMS Caistor Castle (K 690)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Castle
Pennant	K 690
Built by	J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Ordered	19 Dec 1942
Laid down	28 Aug 1943
Launched	22 May 1944
Commissioned	29 Sep 1944
End service
History	In reserve at Devonport during 1947-1948. Completed a refit at Cardiff in 1949. Completed a refit at Falmouth in 1951. Served in the 2nd Training Sqdn at Portland from February 1953 untill 1955. Represented the Reserve Fleet at the Coronation Review in 1953. In reserve at Devonport in 1955-1956. Arrived at Dalmuir, Troon in March 1956 to be broken up by W.H. Arnott Young & Co. Ltd.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Harry Hutchinson, RN	14 Jun 1944	24 Mar 1945
2	A/Lt.Cdr. Bernard John Bowick, RNVR	24 Mar 1945	late 1945

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28 Mar 1945
HrMs O 23 (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Philante (Cdr. M.J. Evans, OBE, RN), HMS Pevensey Castle (Cdr. E. Hewitt, RD, RNR), HMS Kenilworth Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. J.O. Williams, RNR), HMS Launceston Castle (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) and HMS Caistor Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. B.J. Bowick, RNVR). These included night exercises. (1)

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