Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Castle |
Pennant | K 691 |
Built by | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) |
Ordered | 19 Dec 1942 |
Laid down | |
Launched | 14 Apr 1944 |
Commissioned | Sep 1944 |
End service | |
History | Scrapped at Gateshead on 6 September 1960. |
Commands listed for HMS Lancaster Castle (K 691)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. William Swire Joliffe, RNR | May 1944 | 2 Jan 1946 |
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Notable events involving Lancaster Castle include:
28 Nov 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Berkeley Castle (Cdr. N.W. Duck, DSC and Bar, RD, RNR), HMS Lancaster Castle (T/Lt. W.S. Joliffe, RNR) and HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Heron, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19423
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.