She was laid down at John Crown & Sons Ltd in Sunderland on 25 June 1943 and launched on 25 April 1944 before being commissioned on 31 January 1945 [1]
farnham, castle, k413, castle, class, corvette, britain, royal, navy, historyunited, kingdomnamehms, farnham, castlenamesakefarnham, castlebuilderjohn, crown, sons, ltdlaid, down25, june, 1943launched25, april, 1944commissioned31, january, 1945decommissioned19. HMS Farnham Castle K413 was a Castle class corvette of Britain s Royal Navy HistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS Farnham CastleNamesakeFarnham CastleBuilderJohn Crown amp Sons LtdLaid down25 June 1943Launched25 April 1944Commissioned31 January 1945Decommissioned1947IdentificationPennant number K413FateScrapped 31 October 1960General characteristicsClass and typeCastle class corvetteDisplacement1 060 long tons 1 077 t Length252 ft 77 m Beam37 ft 11 m Draught10 ft 3 0 m Installed power2 750 hp 2 05 MW Propulsion2 water tube boilers 1 4 cylinder triple expansion steam engine Single screwSpeed16 5 knots 30 6 km h 19 0 mph Range9 500 nmi 17 600 km at 10 kn 19 km h 12 mph Complement112Sensors and processing systemsType 272 radar Type 144Q sonar Type 147B sonarArmament1 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 cannonShe was laid down at John Crown amp Sons Ltd in Sunderland on 25 June 1943 and launched on 25 April 1944 before being commissioned on 31 January 1945 1 References Edit Uboat netPublications EditColledge 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 This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Farnham Castle K413 amp oldid 1092928983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
