HMS Knaresborough Castle (K389)

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HMS Knaresborough Castle
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Knaresborough Castle
Namesake	Knaresborough Castle
Ordered	19 January 1943
Launched	29 September 1943
Identification	Pennant number: K389
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class corvette

HMS Knaresborough Castle (K389) was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, built under the 1943 War Programme, and named after Knaresborough Castle in Yorkshire, England.

She was ordered on 19 January 1943, launched at Blyth Shipyard in Blyth, Northumberland on 29 September 1943 and completed on 5 April 1944. She was scrapped at Glasgow in March 1956. The ship's bell hangs in St John's Church of England Primary school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.

In World War II she served as a convoy escort.

In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.^[1]

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.

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