HMS Launceston Castle (K397)
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| Name: | HMS Launceston Castle (K397) |
| Namesake: | Launceston Castle |
| Builder: | Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 27 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1947 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 3 August 1959 |
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| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
HMS Launceston Castle (K397) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, named after Launceston Castle in Cornwall.
She was launched by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Blyth in Northumberland on 27 November 1943.
In World War II she served as a convoy escort. In World War II she served in 30th Escort Group commanded by Denys Rayner RNVR carrying his flag on board HMS Pevensey Castle. HMS Launceston Castle under the command of Lieut. R.M.Roberts, DSC, RNVR, she was the escort member who actually sunk U-1200 [1] south of Ireland on 11 November 1944, supported by her sister ships Pevensey Castle, Kenilworth Castle and Portchester Castle.
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