HMS Oakham Castle

	HMS Oakham Castle, c. 1947
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Oakham Castle
Namesake	Oakham Castle
Builder	A & J Inglis, Glasgow
Laid down	30 November 1943
Launched	20 July 1944
Completed	10 December 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K530
Fate	Weather ship Weather Reporter 1957; Scrapped 1977;
General characteristics
Type	Castle-class corvette
Displacement	1,060 long tons (1,077 t)
Length	252 ft (77 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power	2 × water-tube boilers; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW);
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,200 nmi (11,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	120
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 272 radar; Type 145 sonar; Type 147B sonar;
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun; 1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar; 1 × Depth charge rail, 15 depth charges; 4–10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon;

HMS Oakham Castle was a Royal Navy corvette of the Castle class. Built as a convoy escort during the Second World War, it later became a weather ship before being scrapped in 1977.

History
HMS Oakham Castle, c. 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Oakham Castle
Namesake	Oakham Castle
Builder	A & J Inglis, Glasgow
Laid down	30 November 1943
Launched	20 July 1944
Completed	10 December 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K530
Fate	Weather ship Weather Reporter 1957 Scrapped 1977
General characteristics
Type	Castle-class corvette
Displacement	1,060 long tons (1,077 t)
Length	252 ft (77 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power	2 × water-tube boilers 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine Single screw
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,200 nmi (11,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	120
Sensors & processing systems	Type 272 radar Type 145 sonar Type 147B sonar
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun 1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar 1 × Depth charge rail, 15 depth charges 4–10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon