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498:load and 1,510 long tons (1,530 t) at
451:. Completed in 1944, she was loaned to the
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526:. The engines developed a total of 2,880
466:and was sunk by a mine in December 1944.
728:. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press.
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459:escort during the war, renamed
323:(30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
546:to give them a range of 6,500
516:triple-expansion steam engines
201:Sunk by mine, 12 December 1944
1:
1335:People's Liberation Army Navy
724:Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980).
506:of 252 feet (76.8 m), a
568:. This was backed up by one
524:Admiralty three-drum boilers
522:using steam provided by two
388:4 in (102 mm) gun
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258:252 ft (76.8 m)
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767:Goodwin, Norman (2007).
647:, her namesake was from
394:20 mm (0.8 in)
286:Admiralty 3-drum boilers
266:33 ft (10.1 m)
805:Rohwer, Jürgen (2005).
746:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
602:Construction and career
414:, 1 rack and 2 throwers
274:14 ft (4.3 m)
206:General characteristics
1436:Castle-class corvettes
1370:Republic of China Navy
855:Castle-class corvettes
786:Lenton, H. T. (1998).
596:radio direction finder
478:, enlarged to improve
470:Design and description
443:. She was named after
373:radio direction finder
355:Type 145 and Type 147
566:anti-submarine mortar
406:anti-submarine mortar
392:2 × twin, 2 × single
1307:Royal Norwegian Navy
1015:Knaresborough Castle
641:Royal Norwegian Navy
625:, on 5 May 1943 and
528:indicated horsepower
453:Royal Norwegian Navy
130:Royal Norwegian Navy
1202:Royal Canadian Navy
518:, each driving one
308:2 shafts, 2 geared
1134:Scarborough Castle
1099:Portchester Castle
929:Carisbrooke Castle
643:and renamed HNoMS
639:was loaned to the
350:processing systems
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1148:Shrewsbury Castle
1029:Launceston Castle
1008:Kenilworth Castle
901:Bamborough Castle
778:978-1-904459-27-9
759:978-1-86176-281-8
637:Shrewsbury Castle
607:Shrewsbury Castle
542:s carried enough
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425:Shrewsbury Castle
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964:Guildford Castle
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348:Sensors and
294:(2,150
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190:Commissioned
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1288:Tillsonburg
1267:Orangeville
1239:Humberstone
1218:Bowmanville
1183:York Castle
615:Swan Hunter
439:during the
386:1 × single
331:6,500
290:2,880
180:Swan Hunter
88:Swan Hunter
1441:1944 ships
1430:Categories
1414:Montevideo
1344:Kuang Chou
1281:St. Thomas
1253:Kincardine
1246:Huntsville
871:Royal Navy
718:References
705:23 October
480:seakeeping
449:Shrewsbury
437:Royal Navy
340:Complement
305:Propulsion
128:Loaned to
101:5 May 1943
700:uboat.net
655:Citations
617:at their
611:laid down
500:deep load
488:long tons
484:displaced
246:deep load
231:long tons
98:Laid down
1274:Petrolia
1232:Hespeler
1211:Arnprior
633:escort.
627:launched
623:Wallsend
619:shipyard
586:Type 277
544:fuel oil
496:standard
433:corvette
381:Armament
362:Type 277
239:standard
218:corvette
184:Wallsend
166:Namesake
106:Launched
92:Wallsend
66:Namesake
31:in 1943.
1351:Wan Lee
1260:Leaside
578:AA guns
552:ratings
512:draught
397:AA guns
271:Draught
176:Builder
137:History
84:Builder
76:Ordered
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255:Length
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150:Norway
132:, 1944
120:: K374
1386:Te An
593:HF/DF
582:ASDIC
563:Squid
536:knots
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410:15 ×
403:Squid
370:HF/DF
357:ASDIC
328:Range
321:knots
319:16.5
316:Speed
811:ISBN
792:ISBN
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730:ISBN
707:2020
609:was
508:beam
423:HMS
263:Beam
198:Fate
156:Name
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