HMS Flint Castle (K383)
HMS Flint Castle (K383) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed at the end of 1943, the ship ran aground while training in January 1944. After repairs were completed the following month, she was briefly assigned to the 39th Escort Group for convoy escort duties in the Atlantic Ocean. Flint Castle was transferred to Escort Group B2 in March and screened convoys to and from Gibraltar until September. That month, she joined Escort Group B3 to escort convoys between Canada and Britain and continued to do so until the end of the war in May 1945. The ship then became an anti-submarine training ship in Rosyth and Campbeltown, Scotland, before moving to Portland at the beginning of 1947. Flint Castle remained there until she was taken out of ser
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HMS Flint Castle (K383)
HMS Flint Castle (K383) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed at the end of 1943, the ship ran aground while training in January 1944. After repairs were completed the following month, she was briefly assigned to the 39th Escort Group for convoy escort duties in the Atlantic Ocean. Flint Castle was transferred to Escort Group B2 in March and screened convoys to and from Gibraltar until September. That month, she joined Escort Group B3 to escort convoys between Canada and Britain and continued to do so until the end of the war in May 1945. The ship then became an anti-submarine training ship in Rosyth and Campbeltown, Scotland, before moving to Portland at the beginning of 1947. Flint Castle remained there until she was taken out of ser
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HMS Flint Castle (K383) was on ...... ken up beginning in July 1958.
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builder
completion date
1943-12-31
laying down
1943-04-20
length (μ)
7.68096e+1
order date
1943-01-19
power type
ship beam (μ)
1.00584e+1
ship launched
1943-09-01
status
Sold forscrap, 1956
top speed (kmh)
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722,981,171
Ship armament
*1 × QF Mk XVI gun
*2 × twin, ...... charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
Ship complement
Ship country
United Kingdom
Ship displacement
Ship honours
Atlantic 1944–45
Ship identification
Pennant number: K383
Ship out of service
Ship propulsion
Ship sensors
*Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC
*Type 272 search radar
*HF/DF radio direction finder
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HMS Flint Castle (K383) was on ...... until she was taken out of ser
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HMS Flint Castle (K383)
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Flint Castle
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