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HMS Pevensey Castle (K449)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pevensey Castle
NamesakePevensey Castle
BuilderHarland and Wolff
Yard number1239[1]
Laid down21 June 1943
Launched11 January 1944
Completed10 June 1944[1]
Commissioned10 June 1944
DecommissionedFebruary 1946
IdentificationPennant number: K449
FateConverted to a weather ship in 1959
UK government service ensignUnited Kingdom
Name
  • Weather Monitor (1962)
  • Admiral Beaufort (1976)
Acquired1959
FateScrapped, 1982
General characteristics
Class and typeCastle-class corvette

HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.

Construction and career

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Pevensey Castle, named for the castle in Pevensey, was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and launched on 11 January 1944. The ship was commissioned in June 1944.

World War II

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In World War II, as part of 30th Escort Group under the command of Denys Rayner, Pevensey Castle shared in the sinking of the German submarine U-1200[2] south of Ireland on 11 November 1944, along with sister ships Launceston Castle, Portchester Castle and Kenilworth Castle.

Weather ship

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In 1960/61 she was converted at Blyth to the weather ship Weather Monitor. She was upgraded at the Manchester Dry Docks Company in 1976 and renamed Admiral Beaufort

Fate

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She was withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped at Troon in 1982.

References

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  1. ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780752488615.
  2. ^ U-1200 at uboat.net

Publications

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