HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)
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| Name: | HMS Bamborough Castle |
| Namesake: | Bamborough Castle |
| Builder: | J. Lewis & Sons |
| Launched: | 11 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 30 May 1944 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K412 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, May 1959 |
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| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
HMS Bamborough Castle was a Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. Bamborough Castle is in Northumberland, England, although it is now usually spelt "Bamburgh".
She was launched at J. Lewis & Sons shipyard in Aberdeen, Scotland on 11 January 1944 and commissioned on 30 May 1944. She sank the U-boat U-387 on 9 December 1944 with depth charges whilst escorting the convoy RA-62 from Murmansk to Scapa Flow.
After World War II her career was mainly spent in the fleet reserve until she was scrapped in May 1959.
