Allied Warships

HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K 379)

Corvette of the Castle class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Castle
Pennant	K 379
Built by	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Dundee, Scotland) : Clark
Ordered	2 Feb 1943
Laid down	Mar 1943
Launched	31 Jul 1943
Commissioned	17 Nov 1943
End service
Loss position

History	In reserve at Devonport during 1947-1949. Refitted by the Penarth Pontoon Company during 1949-1950. Refitted at Falmouth during September 1951. 2nd Training Sqdn at Portland from May 52 untill 1956. Was present at the 1953 Coronation Review. Placed in Reserve at Devonport again in November 1956. Arrived at Faslane on 14 June 58 to be broken up by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd.

Commands listed for HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K 379)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. William Hammond Forster, RNR	11 Oct 1943	6 Dec 1945

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