HMS Berkeley Castle (K387)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Berkeley Castle.
 Berkeley Castle on the River Clyde, December 1943 | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Berkeley Castle |
| Namesake: | Berkeley Castle |
| Builder: | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 19 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 18 November 1943 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K387 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 29 February 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Castle-class corvette |
HMS Berkeley Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
She was laid down at the Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. shipyard in Glasgow on 23 March 1943 and launched five months later on 19 August and commissioned on 18 November. She served as a convoy escort until the end of the Second World War.
She was then placed in reserve at Harwich. She suffered serious damage when she capsized in dock at Sheerness during severe flooding in February 1953 but was refloated and repaired. She was in reserve at Sheerness until 1956. She arrived at Grays in Essex on 29 February 1956 for scrapping.
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