HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388)

HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dumbarton Castle.

History
United Kingdom
Class and type: Castle-class corvette
Name: HMS Dumbarton Castle
Ordered: 2 February 1943
Builder: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Laid down: 6 May 1943
Launched: 28 September 1943
Commissioned: 25 February 1944
Identification: Pennant number: K388
Honours and
awards:		 Atlantic 1944-45
Fate:
  • Sold on 16 November 1960
  • Broken up in 1961
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,060 tons
Length: 252 ft (77 m)
Beam: 37 ft (11 m)
Draught: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion: 2 water tube boilers, 1 four cylinder triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw 2,750hp (2MW)
Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 112
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar: Type 272
  • Sonar: Types 144Q and 147B
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

She was the second of three British warships of this name.

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.


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