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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1960-08-19
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1944-06-06
decommissioning date
1945-02-15
laying down
1943-06-01
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7.68096e+1
order date
1943-01-23
ship beam (μ)
1.09728e+1
ship launched
1944-02-24
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Sold for mercantile service
Sunk in collision, 19 August 1960
Transferred to theRoyal Canadian Navy
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*1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun
*1 × ...... 0 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
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Ship commissioned
1944-06-06
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Ship country
Canada
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United Kingdom
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Ship decommissioned
1945-02-15
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: K461
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Pennant number: K497
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Ship in service
Ship laid down
1943-06-01
Ship launched
1944-02-24
Ship name
*SS Wellington Kent
*Belle Isle II
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Huntsville
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Woolvesey Castle
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Ship namesake
Ship ordered
1943-01-23
Ship out of service
1960-08-19
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*2 × water-tube boilers
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Ship propulsion
*1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
*Single screw
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Ship sensors
*Type 272 radar
*Type 145 sonar
*Type 147B sonar
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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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