HMS Farnham Castle (K413)

HMS Farnham Castle (K413) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Farnham Castle
Namesake	Farnham Castle
Builder	John Crown & Sons Ltd
Laid down	25 June 1943
Launched	25 April 1944
Commissioned	31 January 1945
Decommissioned	1947
Identification	Pennant number: K413
Fate	Scrapped, 31 October 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class corvette
Displacement	1,060 long tons (1,077 t)
Length	252 ft (77 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	2,750 hp (2.05 MW)
Propulsion	2 × water-tube boilers 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine Single screw
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	112
Sensors and processing systems	Type 272 radar Type 144Q sonar Type 147B sonar
Armament	1 × 4-inch Quick Firing Mk.XIX High Angle/Low Angle combined air/surface gun 1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar 1 × depth charge rail, 15 depth charges 2 × 20 mm twin anti-aircraft cannon 6 × 20 mm single anti-aircraft cannon

She was laid down at John Crown & Sons Ltd in Sunderland on 25 June 1943 and launched on 25 April 1944 before being commissioned on 31 January 1945 ^[1]

References

1. Uboat.net

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.