Castle-class corvette
Pennant Name ( a ) Hull builder Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Paid off Fate
K689 Allington Castle Fleming & Ferguson 9 December 1942 22 July 1943 29 February 1944 19 June 1944 1947 Scrapped 1958
K412 Bamborough Castle John Lewis & Co. Ltd 9 December 1942 1 July 1943 11 January 1944 30 May 1944 1950 Scrapped 22 May 1959
K690 Caistor Castle John Lewis & Co. Ltd 9 December 1942 26 August 1943 22 May 1944 29 September 1944 1947 Scrapped March 1956
K696 Denbigh Castle John Lewis & Co. Ltd 9 December 1942 30 September 1943 5 August 1944 30 December 1944 Declared Constructive Total Loss , 13 February 1945
K413 Farnham Castle John Crown & Sons Ltd 9 December 1942 25 June 1943 25 April 1944 31 January 1945 1947 Scrapped , 31 October 1960
K529 Hedingham Castle John Crown & Sons Ltd 9 December 1942 2 November 1943 30 October 1944 12 May 1945 August 1945 Scrapped , April 1958
K355 Hadleigh Castle Smiths Dock Company 9 December 1942 4 April 1943 21 June 1943 18 September 1943 August 1946 Scrapped , January 1959
K420 Kenilworth Castle Smiths Dock Company 9 December 1942 7 May 1943 17 August 1943 22 November 1943 1948 Scrapped , 20 June 1959
K691 Lancaster Castle Fleming & Ferguson 9 December 1942 10 September 1943 14 April 1944 15 September 1944 1947 Scrapped , 20 June 1959
K443 Maiden Castle Fleming & Ferguson 9 December 1942 1943 8 June 1944 November 1944 Became convoy rescue ship Empire Lifeguard before completion . Scrapped , 22 July 1955
K447 Norham Castle ( originally Totnes Castle ) A . & J. Inglis 9 December 1942 30 September 1943 12 April 1944 6 September 1944 Transferred to Canada as HMCS Humberstone 1944 . Sold for mercantile service 1947
K530 Oakham Castle A . & J. Inglis 9 December 1942 30 September 1943 20 July 1944 10 December 1944 1950 Became the weather ship Weather Reporter 1957
K450 Pembroke Castle Ferguson Shipbuilders 9 December 1942 3 June 1943 12 February 1944 29 June 1944 Transferred to Canada as HMCS Tillsonburg in 1944 . Sold for mercantile service 1947 . Sold to Republic of China as Kao An 1952
K695 Rayleigh Castle Ferguson Shipbuilders 9 December 1942 1943 12 June 1944 October 1944 Completed as convoy rescue ship Empire Rest
Ships -- Royal Navy
The initial Castle-class ship was Allington Castle , re-ordered on 9 December 1942 ( from the previous order placed for a Modified Flower-class corvette named Amaryllis ) ; another 13 vessels were ordered on 19 December , also under the 1942 War Programme .
The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous s of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943. They were equipped with radar as well as asdic.