HMS Hever Castle
HMS Hever Castle was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy in the Second World War. Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before completion, the ship was renamed HMCS Copper Cliff and saw service as a convoy escort for the remainder of the war. Following the war, the vessel was sold for mercantile use and renamed Ta Lung, operating under a Chinese flag. In 1949, the ship was taken over by the Communist Chinese government, rearmed and renamed Wan Lee.
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HMS Hever Castle
HMS Hever Castle was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy in the Second World War. Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before completion, the ship was renamed HMCS Copper Cliff and saw service as a convoy escort for the remainder of the war. Following the war, the vessel was sold for mercantile use and renamed Ta Lung, operating under a Chinese flag. In 1949, the ship was taken over by the Communist Chinese government, rearmed and renamed Wan Lee.
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HMS Hever Castle was a Castle- ...... , rearmed and renamed Wan Lee.
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commissioning date
1944-02-25
decommissioning date
1945-11-21
laying down
1943-06-29
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7.68096e+1
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1943-01-23
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1.09728e+1
ship launched
1944-02-24
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Sold for mercantile service
Transferred to theRoyal Canadian Navy
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*1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun
*1 × ...... 0 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
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Canada
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China
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United Kingdom
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Ship fate
Sold for mercantile service
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Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
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Ship honours
Atlantic 1944–45
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Ship identification
Pennant number: K495
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Pennant number: K521
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Ship laid down
1943-06-29
Ship launched
1944-02-24
Ship name
Copper Cliff
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Hever Castle
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Ta Lung
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Ship ordered
1943-01-23
Ship power
*2 × water-tube boilers
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Ship propulsion
*1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
*Single screw
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at
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Ship renamed
Wan Lee
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Ship sensors
*Type 272 radar
*Type 145 sonar
*Type 147B sonar
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HMS Hever Castle was a Castle- ...... , rearmed and renamed Wan Lee.
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HMS Hever Castle
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Copper Cliff
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Hever Castle
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Ta Lung
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