HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355)

Hadleigh Castle in September 1943
History
United Kingdom
NameHadleigh Castle
NamesakeHadleigh Castle
BuilderSmiths Dock Company
Laid down4 April 1943
Launched21 June 1943
Commissioned18 September 1943
Decommissioned1946
IdentificationPennant number: K355
FateScrapped, January 1959
General characteristics
Class and typeCastle-class corvette
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

HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.

Hadleigh Castle was the first ship to be fitted with a production version of the highly effective Squid anti-submarine mortar, the prototype of which had only been installed on board HMS Ambuscade in May 1943.

She was laid down at Smiths Dock in Middlesbrough on 4 April 1943 and launched on 21 June 1943 before being commissioned on 18 September 1943 [1]

References

  1. ^ Uboat.net

Publications

  • Brown, David K. (2007). Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-702-0.
  • 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.
  • Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.


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