HMS Tintagel Castle (K399)
Castle-class Corvette of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Tintagel Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Tintagel Castle in Tintagel. Completed in 1943, she was used as a convoy escort during the war and was scrapped in August 1960.
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Name | Tintagel Castle |
Namesake | Tintagel Castle |
Ordered | 23 January 1943 |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon |
Laid down | 29 April 1943 |
Launched | 13 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 April 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: K399 |
Fate | Scrapped, June 1958 |
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Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
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Length | 252 ft (76.8 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10.1 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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