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'Castle' Class Convoy Escorts

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To tie in with Batstigers mystery castle competition, here are a few of the 'castles'
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If anyone has any large pix of those 'Castles' not mentioned here' I would be grateful for a copy.

Ton class, Hi I have a couple of the Castle class you are missing and some better pics of the ones you've got. There are a few discrepancies in your photo's if I may be so bold as to correct you on them. Allington castle pic is actually Amberley castle, same penn No. as the one listed Amberley castle. Guilford castle you show as K488, that is actually HMCS ST.Thomas which later became Sandgate castle Penn No. K373. Rising castle you show is again Hmcs Arnprior which later became Rising castle but with a different pennant number. Sadly I think the allocator of these pennant numbers had obviously been on the tot's when issuing them, as they can be quite confusing. More to follow cheers Alan
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2nd batch, Do you have the badges for these ship's? if not let me know I'll upload them, 21 in all. Alan
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Thanks Alan - although I had those pictures, there were a couple that were larger and clearer. Appreciated.

Superb Alan. I've corrected the Allington Castle error, but regards your other query, the Pennant number is actually K489 not 488. It's just a bad pic.

HMS DUMBARTON CASTLE
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Hi Rik.Thanks for the picture.The poor old girl looks in a rather War-weary state.I will never forget the line in the Film "The Cruel Sea",when Jack Hawkins first See's his new ship and say's "She looks like a block of Flats". Must have done after the flower class! Both classes being very hard worked escorts,must have been completely worn out at Wars end? Regards..Steve.

[QUOTE=steve roberts;101141]Hi Rik.Thanks for the picture.The poor old girl looks in a rather War-weary state.I will never forget the line in the Film "The Cruel Sea",when Jack Hawkins first See's his new ship and say's "She looks like a block of Flats". Must have done after the flower class! Both classes being very hard worked escorts,must have been completely worn out at Wars end? Regards..Steve.[/QUOTE] You're welcome Steve. I agree they must have been some of the hardest worked ships ever. By the way 'The Cruel Sea' is one of my most favourite movies of all time.

Mine too Rik. :)

Alan and Rik Smashing pix, and I hope you don't mind but I've downloaded a few of those. Mik

No prob's Mik, thanks for having the courtesy to comment it is most appreciated. Regards Alan

Fantastic photo of Knaresborough Castle Rik. That photo has made a friend of mine very happy, he served on her and now lives in Knaresborough close to the castle. Do you have any idea of the year it was taken and do you mind if it is copied for him. Can you also tell me when Rising Castle was renamed as Arnprior. Thanks Dave

[QUOTE=Darleydave;101785]Fantastic photo of Knaresborough Castle Rik. That photo has made a friend of mine very happy, he served on her and now lives in Knaresborough close to the castle. Do you have any idea of the year it was taken and do you mind if it is copied for him. Can you also tell me when Rising Castle was renamed as Arnprior. Thanks Dave[/QUOTE] Can't give you a date for the pic, but by all means send him a copy. 'ARNPRIOR' must have had her name changed prior to launch in 1944 (or at the end of the war in '45) as she was sold in 1946 at the 'MONTEVIDEO' to Uruguay.

Dave & Rik, Arnprior was laid down as Hms Rising Castle, transferred to the RCN and commissioned in Belfast 8th June 1944. She paid-off at Halifax, Canada on 14th March 1946 and as mentioned sold to Uraguay later that year. She remained in service in their Navy until 1975. Regards Alan

Rik, apologies I forgot to upload the photo. Here she is as Hmcs Arnprior with pennant number K494. Same piccy as yours I think but a little bit clearer. Regards Alan
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[QUOTE=alanbenn;101833]Rik, apologies I forgot to upload the photo. Here she is as Hmcs Arnprior with pennant number K494. Same piccy as yours I think but a little bit clearer. Regards Alan[/QUOTE] Cheers Alan. Much better. At least we can say she had a name-change prior to launching when she was transferred to the RCN.

Rik, I'll have a look through some of the photo's I've got for those that were transferred and see if I can hunt them out for you. Regards Alan

[QUOTE=alanbenn;101840]Rik, I'll have a look through some of the photo's I've got for those that were transferred and see if I can hunt them out for you. Regards Alan[/QUOTE] Cheers Alan !!

Here is one of Walmer Castle as HMCS Leaside.
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Here's the ones I've got photo's of.....there's a couple missing I'm afraid. Hope these are Ok. Hmcs Bowmanville...laid down as Hms Nunnery Castle. Commissioned RCN at Sunderland England 28th Sept 1944 Hmcs Copper Cliff...laid down as Hms Hever Castle. Commissioned RCN at Blyth, England 25th July 1944 Hmcs Huntsville....laid down as Hms Wolvesey Castle, Commissioned RCN at Clyde, Scotland 6th June 1944 Hmcs Kincardine...laid down as Hms Tamworth Castle, commissioned RCN at Middlesborough, England, 19th June 1944 Hmcs Leaside...laid down as Hms Walmer Castle, commissioned RCN at Middlesborough, England 21st August 1944 Hmcs Hespeler...laid down as Hms Guilford Castle, commissioned RCN at Leith, Scotland, 28th Feb 1944 Hmcs Orangeville...laid down as Hms Hedingham Castle, commissioned RCN at Leith, Scotland, 24th April 1944 Hmcs Tillsonburg...laid down as Hms Pembroke Castle, commissioned RCN at Clyde, Scotland, 29th June 1944 Hmcs Petrolia...laid down as Hms Sherborne Castle, commissioned RCN at Belfast, N.I. 29th June 1944 Regards Alan
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Sorry Alan - I have just noticed you have posted this picture in an earlier post here but you labelled it Walmer Castle when in fact it was taken in 1944 when in the RCN. :confused:

Terry, probably got mixed up with pennant numbers as they all changed so the earlier post was incorrect. There aren't many photo's of them prior to commissioning into the RCN so quite a few people show them with their RCN pennants but refer to them as RN ships......incorrectly of course. But, well spotted Terry I certainly hadn't noticed it. Regards Alan

Thanks for that set of pix Alan. I had one or two but nothing of the size you've posted.

I dont know if anybody has this shot of Tintagel Castle which is at a great angle.
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[QUOTE=astraltrader;101986]I dont know if anybody has this shot of Tintagel Castle which is at a great angle.[/QUOTE] Have a 1024 x 634 version, so thanks for putting a decent sized pic up, Terry.

Here's a fine shot of the elusive Hms Hurst Castle K416 to add to the thread. Can't say anyone has posted a photo of this ship before, so I was delighted to have recently added this one to my collection. Regards ALAN
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Hi Alan, what a superb photo of Hurst Castle. Thankyou for sharing it, much appreciated. Dave

[QUOTE=alanbenn;10008136]Here's a fine shot of the elusive Hms Hurst Castle K416 to add to the thread. Can't say anyone has posted a photo of this ship before, so I was delighted to have recently added this one to my collection. Regards ALAN[/QUOTE] Good pic, Alan, particularly as she had such a short life Steve

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