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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Farnham Castle |
| Namesake | Farnham Castle |
| Builder | John Crown & Sons Ltd |
| Laid down | 25 June 1943 |
| Launched | 25 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 31 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K413 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 31 October 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Castle-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,060 long tons (1,077 t) |
| Length | 252 ft (77 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power | 2,750 hp (2.05 MW) |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 112 |
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HMS Farnham Castle (K413) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.
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
References
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 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.
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