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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Amberley Castle |
| Namesake | Amberley Castle |
| Laid down | 31 May 1943 |
| Launched | 27 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 24 November 1944 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K386 |
| Fate | Converted to weather ship in 1957, scrapped in 1982. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,060 tons |
| Length | 252 ft (77 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 water tube boilers, 1 four cylinder triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) maximum |
| Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 112 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Radar - Type 272 originally, Sonar - Types 144Q and 147B originally |
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HMS Amberley Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Amberley Castle near Arundel in West Sussex.