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HMS Pevensey Castle

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryUnited Kingdom
flag
name*Pevensey Castle*
namesakePevensey Castle
builderHarland & Wolff
yard_number1239
laid_down21 June 1943
launched11 January 1944
completed10 June 1944
commissioned10 June 1944
decommissionedFebruary 1946
identificationPennant number: K449
fateConverted to a weather ship in 1959
section3{{Infobox ship/career
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countryUnited Kingdom
flag[[File:Government Service Ensign.svg60pxUK government service ensign]]
name**Weather Monitor* (1962)
acquired1959
fateScrapped, 1982
section4{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption(as built)
class
displacement*1010 LT (standard)
length252 ft
beam33 ft
draught14 ft
power*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*{{convert2880ihplkinabbr=on}}
propulsion1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine
speed16.5 kn
range6500 nmi at 15 kn
complement99
sensors*Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC
armament*1 × QF 4 in DP gun
*2 × twin, 2 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon{{convert20mm1abbron}}]] AA guns

  • Admiral Beaufort (1976)

  • 1510 LT (deep load)

  • 2880 ihp

  • Type 272 search radar

  • HF/DF radio direction finder

  • 2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm AA guns

  • 1 × 3-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar

  • 1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 15 depth charges '*HMS *Pevensey Castle''''' was a built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy 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 Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.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

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

World War II

In World War II, as part of 30th Escort Group under the command of Denys Rayner, Pevensey Castle shared in the sinking of the south of Ireland on 11 November 1944, along with sister ships , and .

Weather ship

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

She was withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped at Troon in 1982.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff". The History Press.
  2. [http://uboat.net/boats/u1200.htm ''U-1200'' at uboat.net]
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