HMS Shrewsbury Castle

HMS Shrewsbury Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Shrewsbury Castle in Shrewsbury. Completed in 1944, she was loaned to the Royal Norwegian Navy as a convoy escort during the war, renamed HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and was sunk by a mine in December 1944.

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mass 1077 tonne, speed 16.5 knot, length 77 metre, draft 3 metre, beam 11 metre, 
corvette, Castle-class corvette, Royal Navy, 

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  HMS Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
  1944 Castle-class corvette

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ship launching

1943-05-05T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

1944-04-17T00:00:00Z

1944-04-17T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Shrewsbury Castle	Castle-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
site	fort		HKB 2./448 Makkaur	fort	Wikidata