HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)

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HMS Bamborough Castle

HMS Bamborough Castle (K412) was a Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. Bamborough Castle is in Northumberland, England, although it is now usually spelt "Bamburgh".

She was launched at J. Lewis & Sons shipyard in Aberdeen, Scotland on 11 January 1944 and commissioned on 30 May 1944. She sank the U-boat U-387 on 9 December 1944 using her depth charges whilst escorting the convoy RA-62 from Murmansk to Scapa Flow.

After World War II her career was mainly spent in the fleet reserve until she was scrapped in May 1959.

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