Allied Warships

HMS Tintagel Castle (K 399)

Corvette of the Castle class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassCastle 
PennantK 399 
Built byAilsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Apr 1943 
Launched13 Dec 1943 
Commissioned7 Apr 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Troon in June 1958.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Robert Atkinson, DSC and Bar, RNR
1 February 1944 – 9 June 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Colin Arthur Hoodless, RNR
9 June 1945 - still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Tintagel Castle is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Tintagel Castle (K 399)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Robert Atkinson, DSC, RNR1 Feb 19449 Jun 1945
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Colin Arthur Hoodless, RNR9 Jun 1945Jul 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Tintagel Castle include:


10 Apr 1945
The German submarine U-878 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of St Nazaire, France in position 47.35N, 10.33W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vanquisher (A/Lt.Cdr. F.M. Osborne, DSC, RANVR) and the British corvette HMS Tintagel Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Atkinson, DSC, RN). (see map)

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