Corvette of the Castle class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 399 |
| Built by | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 29 Apr, 1943 |
| Launched | 13 Dec, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 Apr, 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| 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 |
| 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) |
