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Class overview | |
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Name | Castle class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Flower class |
Succeeded by | None |
Planned | 95 |
Completed | 44 |
Cancelled | 51 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 41 |
General characteristics | |
Type | 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 |
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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 |
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Armament |
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The Castle-class corvette was an ocean going convoy escort developed by the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It was the follow-on to the Flower-class corvette, and designed to be built in shipyards that were producing the Flowers. The Castle-class was a general improvement over the smaller Flowers which were designed for coastal rather than open ocean use.
The Castle-class corvettes started appearing in service during late 1943.