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HMS Pembroke Castle
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HMS Pembroke Castle was a Castle-class corvette built for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS Tillsonburg. Tillsonburg saw service as a convoy escort during the Second World War in the Battle of the Atlantic. Following the war, the corvette was converted for merchant use and sold to Chinese interests. The ship was renamed Ta Ting in 1946, Chiu Chin in 1947 before being taken over the Nationalist Chinese government in 1951, rearmed and renamed Kao An. The ship remained in service with the Republic of China Navy until being discarded in 1963.
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Name | Pembroke Castle |
Namesake | Pembroke Castle |
Builder | Ferguson Brothers Ltd., Port Glasgow |
Laid down | 3 June 1943 |
Launched | 12 February 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: K450 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy |
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Name | Tillsonburg |
Namesake | Tillsonburg, Ontario |
Acquired | 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 8 March 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: K496 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944–45[1] |
Fate | Sold for mercantile service 1946 |
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Owner | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
In service | 1946 |
Out of service | June 1, 1950 |
Fate | Taken over by Nationalist Chinese government 1 June 1950 |
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Owner | Republic of China Navy |
Acquired | June 1, 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1963 |
Fate | Discarded 1963 |
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Type | Castle-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,060 long tons (1,077 t) |
Length | 252 ft (77 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 6,200 nmi (11,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 120 |
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