Hadleigh Castle was the first ship to be fitted with a production version of the highly effective Squidanti-submarine mortar, the prototype of which had only been installed on board HMS Ambuscade in May 1943.
She was laid down at Smiths Dock in Middlesbrough on 4 April 1943 and launched on 21 June 1943 before being commissioned on 18 September 1943 [1]
hadleigh, castle, k355, castle, class, corvette, britain, royal, navy, hadleigh, castle, september, 1943history, united, kingdom, namehadleigh, castle, namesakehadleigh, castle, buildersmiths, dock, company, laid, down4, april, 1943, launched21, june, 1943, co. HMS Hadleigh Castle K355 was a Castle class corvette of Britain s Royal Navy Hadleigh Castle in September 1943History United Kingdom NameHadleigh Castle NamesakeHadleigh Castle BuilderSmiths Dock Company Laid down4 April 1943 Launched21 June 1943 Commissioned18 September 1943 Decommissioned1946 IdentificationPennant number K355 FateScrapped January 1959 General characteristics Class and typeCastle class corvette Displacement1 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 screw Speed16 5 knots 30 6 km h 19 0 mph Range9 500 nmi 17 600 km at 10 kn 19 km h 12 mph Complement112 Sensors and processing systemsType 272 radar Type 144Q sonar Type 147B sonar Armament1 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 Hadleigh Castle was the first ship to be fitted with a production version of the highly effective Squid anti submarine mortar the prototype of which had only been installed on board HMS Ambuscade in May 1943 She was laid down at Smiths Dock in Middlesbrough on 4 April 1943 and launched on 21 June 1943 before being commissioned on 18 September 1943 1 References edit Uboat netPublications editBrown David K 2007 Atlantic Escorts Ships Weapons amp Tactics in World War II Barnsley UK Seaforth Publishing ISBN 978 1 84415 702 0 Colledge 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 Critchley Mike 1986 British Warships Since 1945 Part 5 Frigates Liskeard UK Maritime Books ISBN 0 907771 13 0 External links editHMS Hadleigh Castle K355 Castle Class Corvette Naval History net nbsp 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 Hadleigh Castle K355 amp oldid 1200721216, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
