HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388)

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

History
United Kingdom
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

HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) was a Template:Sclass2- of the Royal Navy. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

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.