HMS Pevensey Castle (K449)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pevensey Castle
NamesakePevensey Castle
BuilderHarland and Wolff
Yard number1239[1]
Laid down21 June 1943
Launched11 January 1944
Completed10 June 1944[1]
Commissioned10 June 1944
DecommissionedFebruary 1946
IdentificationPennant number: K449
FateConverted to a weather ship in 1959
UK government service ensignUnited Kingdom
Name
  • Weather Monitor (1962)
  • Admiral Beaufort (1976)
Acquired1959
FateScrapped, 1982
General characteristics
Class and typeCastle-class corvette

HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.

  1. ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.