Lancaster Castle in March 1945 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Lancaster Castle (K691) |
| Namesake: | Lancaster Castle |
| Builder: | Fleming & Ferguson |
| Laid down: | 10 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 14 April 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 15 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1947 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 6 September 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,060 long tons (1,077 t) |
| Length: | 252 ft (77 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,750 hp (2.05 MW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × water-tube boilers 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine Single screw |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range: | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 112 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• Type 272 radar • Type 144Q sonar • Type 147B sonar |
| Armament: | • 1 × 4-inch Quick Firing Mk.XIX High Angle/Low Angle combined air/surface gun • 1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar • 1 × depth charge rail, 15 depth charges • 2 × 20 mm twin anti-aircraft cannon • 6 × 20 mm single anti-aircraft cannon |
HMS Lancaster Castle (K691) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.
She was laid down at Fleming & Ferguson in Paisley on 10 September 1943 and launched on 14 April 1944 before being commissioned on 15 September 1944 [1]
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