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History United Kingdom Name HMS Pevensey Castle Namesake Pevensey Castle Builder Harland and Wolff Yard number 1239[1] Laid down 21 June 1943 Launched 11 January 1944 Completed 10 June 1944[1] Commissioned 10 June 1944 Decommissioned February 1946 Identification Pennant number : K449Fate Converted to a weather ship in 1959 United Kingdom Name
Weather Monitor (1962)
Admiral Beaufort (1976)
Acquired 1959 Fate Scrapped, 1982 General characteristics Class and type Castle-class corvette
HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy . The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted into a weather ship and remained as such until being withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.
Construction and career
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Pevensey Castle , named for the castle in Pevensey , was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast , and launched on 11 January 1944. The ship was commissioned in June 1944.
World War II
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In World War II , as part of 30th Escort Group under the command of Denys Rayner , Pevensey Castle shared in the sinking of the German submarine U-1200 [2] sister ships Launceston Castle Portchester Castle Kenilworth Castle
Weather ship
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In 1960/61 she was converted at Blyth to the weather ship Weather Monitor . She was upgraded at the Manchester Dry Docks Company
in 1976 and renamed Admiral Beaufort
Fate
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She was withdrawn from service in 1981 and scrapped at Troon in 1982.
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pevensey_Castle_(K449)&oldid=1093051488 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● S h i p s b u i l t i n B e l f a s t ● C a s t l e - c l a s s c o r v e t t e s ● 1 9 4 4 s h i p s ● S h i p s b u i l t b y H a r l a n d a n d W o l f f H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 7 ● U s e B r i t i s h E n g l i s h f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 7 ● S h i p i n f o b o x e s w i t h o u t a n i m a g e
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 4 J u n e 2 0 2 2 , a t 0 7 : 3 4 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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