HMS Woolvesey Castle (K461)
HMS Woolvesey Castle, also spelled as Wolvesey Castle, was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and was renamed HMCS Huntsville. Huntsville spent the rest of the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted for mercantile use and entered service as SS Wellington Kent in 1947. In 1951, the ship was renamed Belle Isle II. In 1960, Belle Isle II was sunk in a collision.
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HMS Woolvesey Castle (K461)
HMS Woolvesey Castle, also spelled as Wolvesey Castle, was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and was renamed HMCS Huntsville. Huntsville spent the rest of the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted for mercantile use and entered service as SS Wellington Kent in 1947. In 1951, the ship was renamed Belle Isle II. In 1960, Belle Isle II was sunk in a collision.
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HMS Woolvesey Castle, also spe ...... le II was sunk in a collision.
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active years end date
1960-08-19
commissioning date
1944-06-06
decommissioning date
1945-02-15
laying down
1943-06-01
length (μ)
7.68096e+1
order date
1943-01-23
ship beam (μ)
1.09728e+1
ship launched
1943-02-24
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Sold for mercantile service
Sunk in collision, 19 August 1960
Transferred to theRoyal Canadian Navy
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725,343,303
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Ship armament
*1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun
*1 × ...... 0 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
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Ship honours
Atlantic 1944-45
Ship identification
Pennant number: K461
Pennant number: K497
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Ship power
*2 × water-tube boilers
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Ship propulsion
*1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
*Single screw
Ship sensors
*Type 272 radar
*Type 145 sonar
*Type 147B sonar
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HMS Woolvesey Castle, also spe ...... le II was sunk in a collision.
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HMS Woolvesey Castle (K461)
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*Belle Isle II (1951)
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*SS Wellington Kent (1947)
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Huntsville
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Woolvesey Castle
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