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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Castle|corvette}} | Ship displacement=1,060 tons | 252|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 37|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 10|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | 2,750|hp|abbr=on}} | 16.5|kn}} maximum | 9,500|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}} | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=112 | Ship sensors=Radar - Type 272 originally, Sonar - Types 144Q and 147B originally | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*1 × 4-inch Quick Firing Mk.XIX High Angle/Low Angle combined air/surface gun- 1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar
- 1 × depth charge rail, 15 depth charges
- 2 × 20 mm twin anti-aircraft cannon
- 6 × 20 mm single anti-aircraft cannon
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}} | HMS Alnwick Castle was a {{sclass2-|Castle|corvette}} of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. She was laid down on 12 June 1943 and launched by George Brown and Company at Greenock in Scotland on 23 May 1944. She was commissioned on 11 November 1944 and served as a convoy escort until the end of the Second World War. From 20 July 1944 to mid 1945, the Alnwick Castle was commanded by Herbert Arthur Stonehouse (DSO and bar).[1] After the war, she was placed in reserve at Portsmouth where she remained until she was transferred to the reserve at Harwich in 1950 and thence to West Hartlepool until 1958 when she was scrapped. She arrived at Gateshead for scrapping on 9 December 1958. References and sources- References
1. ^Herbert Arthur Stonehouse DSC, RNR. uboat.net Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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