HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)
HMS Bamborough Castle | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Bamborough Castle |
Namesake: | Bamborough Castle |
Builder: | J. Lewis & Sons |
Launched: | 11 January 1944 |
Commissioned: | 30 May 1944 |
Identification: | Pennant number: K412 |
Fate: | Scrapped, May 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
HMS Bamborough Castle was a Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. Bamborough Castle is in Northumberland, England, although it is now usually spelt "Bamburgh".
She was launched at J. Lewis & Sons shipyard in Aberdeen, Scotland on 11 January 1944 and commissioned on 30 May 1944. She sank the U-boat U-387 on 9 December 1944 with depth charges whilst escorting the convoy RA-62 from Murmansk to Scapa Flow.
After World War II her career was mainly spent in the fleet reserve until she was scrapped in May 1959.
Publications
- 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. OCLC 67375475.
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