HMS Rushen Castle on the River Tyne, February 1944
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rushen Castle
NamesakeCastle Rushen
BuilderSwan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Launched16 July 1943
Commissioned23 February 1944
IdentificationPennant number: K372
FateTransferred to British Air Ministry 26 September 1960
UK government service ensignUnited Kingdom
NameWeather Surveyor
Acquired26 September 1960
Commissioned21 December 1961
IdentificationIMO number: 5387180
FateSold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. Scrapped 1983
General characteristics
Class and typeCastle-class corvette
Displacement
Length252 ft (76.8 m)
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement99
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

HMS Rushen Castle (K372) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Castle Rushen in Castletown, Isle of Man.

Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, she was launched on 16 July 1943 and finished on 23 February 1944 - she served as a convoy escort during the Second World War.

She was transferred to the British Air Ministry on 26 September 1960 for use as a weather ship, and was commissioned as Weather Surveyor on 21 December 1961. She was sold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. She was scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in the Netherlands in 1983.

The wartime commanding officer, R. C. Warwick, RNR, published a book, Really Not Required, detailing his wartime experience on this ship and his previous command, the anti-submarine trawler HMS Saint Loman.

References

    Publications

    • 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.
    • Warwick, Colin, 1997. Really Not Required, Pentland Press, ISBN 1858214777
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