History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Pevensey Castle |
Namesake | Pevensey Castle |
Builder | Harland and Wolff |
Yard number | 1239[1] |
Laid down | 21 June 1943 |
Launched | 11 January 1944 |
Completed | 10 June 1944[1] |
Commissioned | 10 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | February 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: K449 |
Fate | Converted to a weather ship in 1959 |
United Kingdom | |
Name |
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Acquired | 1959 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Castle-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 Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.