Allied Warships

HMS Farnham Castle (K 413)

Corvette of the Castle class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassCastle 
PennantK 413 
Built byJohn Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K) 
Ordered19 Dec 1942 
Laid down26 Jun 1943 
Launched25 Apr 1944 
Commissioned31 Jan 1945 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Went into Sheerness Reserve in 1947.
Completed a Tyne refit for the Harwich Reserve on 23 July 1949.
In reserve at Sheerness during 1950-1953.
In reserve at West Hartlepool during 1953-1959.
Offered to Norway in 1957 but the deal did not materialise.
Arrived at Gateshead on 31 October 1960 to be broken up by C.W. Dorkin & Co. Ltd.  

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1Lt. William Eldon Warwick, RNR14 Oct 1944Oct 1945 ?

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