Castle-class corvette

HMS Denbigh Castle
Class overview
NameCastle class
Operators
Preceded byFlower class
Succeeded byNone
Planned95
Completed44
Cancelled51
Lost3
Retired41
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Displacement1,060 long tons (1,077 t)
Length252 ft (77 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power2,750 hp (2.05 MW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × water-tube boilers
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement112
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 272 radar
  • Type 144Q sonar
  • Type 147B sonar
Armament

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.

  1. ^ Lenton, H.T. (1998). British and Empire Warships of the Second World War. Greenhill. p. 297. ISBN 1853672777.