HMS Hurst Castle
Hurst Castle underway in the Firth of Tay on completion | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hurst Castle |
| Namesake | Hurst Castle |
| Ordered | 2 February 1943 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Laid down | 6 August 1943 |
| Launched | 23 February 1944 |
| Completed | 9 June 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-482, 1 September 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 252 ft (76.8 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 9 in (11.2 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 99 |
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HMS Hurst Castle (K416) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Completed in June 1944, she began escorting convoys in August and was sunk by a German U-boat the following month.