| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 355 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 19 Dec 1942 |
| Laid down | 4 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 21 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Sunderland in January 1959. |
Commands listed for HMS Hadleigh Castle (K 355)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Walter Smith Thomson, RNR | 12 Jul 1943 | 2 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Vincent Gordon, DSC, RNVR | 2 Nov 1943 | Dec 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. Condie Sandeman, RN | Dec 1943 | 22 Nov 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Charles Clifford Kuper, RNVR | 22 Nov 1944 | 19 May 1945 |
| 5 | A/Lt.Cdr. Bernard Theodore Wortley, RNR | 19 May 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hadleigh Castle include:
11 Oct 1943
HMS Viking (Lt. R. Bannar-Martin, DSC, RN) departed Holy Loch for special A/S trials to the west of the Hebrides with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Honesty (T/Lt. M.J. Rowlands, RNVR). (1)
8 Nov 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Avon (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RD, RNR), HMS Watchman (Lt.Cdr. G.H.D. Williams, RN) and HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR). (2)
9 Nov 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR), HMS Avon (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RD, RNR) and HMS Herschell (T/Lt. J.E. Freestone, RNR). (2)
10 Nov 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR). (2)
18 Nov 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Mallow. (2)
19 Nov 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR), HMS Snowflake (Lt. E.J. Powell, RNR) and HMS Burnet (Lt. D.S. Charles, RNR).
Upon completion of these exercises O 9 departed Tobermory for Campbeltown. She was escorted by HMS Avon (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RD, RNR). (2)
30 Jun 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Hadleigh Castle (Lt. C. Sandeman, RN) and HMS Berkeley Castle (T/Lt. F.A. Darrah, RNVR). (3)
10 Aug 1944
HMS Tiptoe (Lt.Cdr. P.R.H. Harrison, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Ascension (Lt.Cdr. A. Wilkinson, RNR) and HMS Hadleigh Castle (Lt. C. Sandeman, RN). (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/18454
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19296
- ADM 173/19028
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.