HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Dumbarton Castle |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Hall, Russell & Company |
| Laid down: | 1980 |
| Launched: | 3 June 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 26 March 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 2008 |
| Fate: | Sold to Bangladesh |
| Notes: | Refitted by A&P Group Tyne facility in 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Castle class patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,427 tonnes |
| Length: | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.5 m (37 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.6 m (11 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Ruston 12RKC 5,640 bhp (4.2 MW) diesels, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) max 12 knots (22 km/h) cruise |
| Complement: | 45 (+ accommodation for 25 Royal Marines) |
| Armament: | Oerlikon / BMARC 30 mm L/75 KCB gun on single Laurence Scott DS-30B mount 4 × L7 General Purpose Machine Guns |
| Aircraft carried: | Flight deck can support aircraft up to Westland Sea King-size |
HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265) was an offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Her main role was the protection of the offshore assets of the United Kingdom, including oil and gas installations and fisheries out to the 200 mile (370 km) limit.
She spent much of her time deployed in the South Atlantic as guard ship, patrolling around the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, alternating with her sister HMS Leeds Castle. Her long association with the Falkland Islands resulted in the ship's company being given permission to add her name to the roll of honour written in white rocks on the hillside opposite Stanley in 2007.
Dumbarton Castle was replaced by a River class-based vessel, HMS Clyde, in early 2008.
Both Dumbarton Castle and her sister were sold to Bangladesh in April 2010. Dumbarton Castle left Portsmouth on 21 May 2010 towed by the tug Multratug 7, for A&P Group facility in Newcastle upon Tyne for a major regeneration project with her sister ship HMS Leeds Castle. The project was completed in December 2010.
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