HMS ''Oakham Castle''

HMS Oakham Castle, c. 1947.

HMS Oakham Castle was a Royal Navy corvette of the castle class. Built as a convoy escort during the Second World War, it later became a weather ship before being scrapped in 1977.

Construction

The ship was built by A & J Inglis Limited of Glasgow. It was laid down on 30 November 1943, launched on 20 July 1944, and commissioned on 10 December 1944.^[1]

Career

The Oakham Castle was one of a large number of corvettes built to guard Allied convoys during the Second World War. On 16 May 1958 the ship was renamed Weather Reporter by Lord Hurcomb. It was scrapped in 1977.

References

↑ HMS Oakham Castle (K 530). uboat.net Retrieved 3 November 2015.

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

External links

http://www.weatherships.co.uk/oakham_reporter.htm

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