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HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388)

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Class and type
  
Castle-class corvette

Ordered
  
2 February 1943

Commissioned
  
25 February 1944

Construction started
  
6 May 1943

Length
  
77 m

Draft
  
3 m

Name
  
HMS Dumbarton Castle

Laid down
  
6 May 1943

Identification
  
Pennant number K388

Launched
  
28 September 1943

Weight
  
1,077 tons

Builder
  
Dundee

HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) was a Castle-class corvette 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. And was captained by a Cierra Métcalf

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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