HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379)
HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) was a Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. She was named after Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight.
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| Name: | HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) |
| Namesake: | Carisbrooke Castle |
| Builder: | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company |
| Launched: | 31 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 17 November 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1958 |
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| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
She was launched at Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, in Dundee, Scotland, on 31 July 1943 and commissioned on 17 November 1943.
After the Second World War, her career was spent in the fleet reserve until May 1952, when she became part of the Second Training Squadron at Portland where she remained until 1956. In 1953, she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
In November 1956, she was placed back in the reserve until she was scrapped at Faslane in 1958.
References
- Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
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.
