Castle Class (Corvettes)
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Name (Latin)
Castle Class (Corvettes)
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Corvettes (Warships)
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Q3211329
Library of congress:
sh2010014241
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Goodwin, N. Castle Class corvettes, 2007.
- Wikipedia, Oct. 19, 2010:under Castle class corvette (the Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943; most were operated by the Royal Navy, but twelve were assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy and one to the Royal Norwegian Navy; three Castles were sunk through enemy action, and Castles participated in the sinking of seven U-boats)
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HMS Denbigh Castle IWM FL 6032
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File:HMS Denbigh Castle IWM FL 6032.jpg
Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
The Castle-class corvette was an ocean going convoy escort developed by the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It was the follow-on to the Flower-class corvette, and designed to be built in shipyards that were producing the Flowers. The Castle-class was a general improvement over the smaller Flowers which were designed for coastal rather than open ocean use. The Castle-class corvettes started appearing in service during late 1943.
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