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HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)

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Name
  
HMS Bamborough Castle

Builder
  
J. Lewis & Sons

Identification
  
Pennant number K412

Launched
  
11 January 1944

Namesake
  
Bamborough Castle

Commissioned
  
30 May 1944

Fate
  
Scrapped, May 1959

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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.

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. OCLC 67375475. 

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