HMS Amberley Castle (K386)
Amberley Castle in January 1945 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Amberley Castle |
| Namesake | Amberley Castle |
| Laid down | 31 May 1943 |
| Launched | 27 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 24 November 1944 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K386 |
| Fate | Converted to weather ship in 1957, scrapped, 1982 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,010 long tons (1,030 t) (standard) |
| Length | 252 ft (76.8 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 99 |
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HMS Amberley Castle was a Castle-class corvette built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Amberley Castle near Arundel in West Sussex.