HMS Pevensey Castle (K449)

History
United Kingdom
NamePevensey Castle
NamesakePevensey Castle
BuilderHarland & Wolff
Yard number1239
Laid down21 June 1943
Launched11 January 1944
Completed10 June 1944
Commissioned10 June 1944
DecommissionedFebruary 1946
IdentificationPennant number: K449
FateConverted to a weather ship in 1959
United Kingdom
Name
  • Weather Monitor (1962)
  • Admiral Beaufort (1976)
Acquired1959
FateScrapped, 1982
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeCastle-class corvette
Displacement
Length252 ft (76.8 m)
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement99
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during World War II and saw service during the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.