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Namesake
  
Hadleigh Castle

Commissioned
  
31 January 1945

Fate
  
Scrapped, January 1959

Launched
  
21 June 1943

Draft
  
3 m

Laid down
  
4 April 1943

Decommissioned
  
1946

Construction started
  
4 April 1943

Length
  
77 m

Builder
  
Smiths Dock Company

HMS Hadleigh Castle

Name
  
HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355)

HMS Hadleigh Castle (K355) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.

She was laid down at Smiths Dock in Middlesbrough on 4 April 1943 and launched on 21 June 1943 before being commissioned on 18 September 1943

Publications

  • Brown, David K. (2007). Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-702-0. 
  • 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. 
  • Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0. 

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    HMS Hadleigh Castle Wikipedia
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