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Knaresborough Castle
History
United Kingdom
NameKnaresborough Castle
NamesakeKnaresborough Castle
Ordered19 January 1943
Launched29 September 1943
IdentificationPennant number: K389
FateScrapped 16 March 1956
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeCastle-class corvette
Displacement1,010 long tons (1,030 t) (standard)
Length252 ft (76.8 m)
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement99
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

HMS Knaresborough Castle (K389) was a Castle-class corvette built for the Royal Navy, under the 1943 War Programme, and named after Knaresborough Castle in Yorkshire, England.

Construction and career

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She was ordered on 19 January 1943, launched at Blyth Shipyard in Blyth, Northumberland, on 29 September 1943 and completed on 5 April 1944. She was scrapped at Glasgow in March 1956. The ship's bell hangs in St John's Church of England Primary school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.

In World War II she served as a convoy escort.

In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden

References

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  • Campbell, N. J. M. (1980). "Great Britain (including Empire Forces)". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 2–85. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Goodwin, Norman; compiled by (2007). Castle Class Corvettes: An Account of the Service of the Ships and of Their Ships' Companies. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 978-1-904459-27-9.
  • Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.