| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 374 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 6 Feb 1943 |
| Laid down | 5 May 1943 |
| Launched | 16 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 17 Apr 1944 |
| Lost | 12 Dec 1944 |
| Loss position | 70° 44'N, 30° 08'E |
| History | Mined on 12 December 1944 of Båtsfjord, Norway in position 70.43.701'N, 30.07.800'E. |
| Former name | HMS Shrewsbury Castle |
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Notable events involving Tunsberg Castle include:
10 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Awe (Lt.Cdr. H.P. Carse, DSC, RNVR), HMS Capel (Lt. B.G. Heslop, DSC, RN), HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and FFS Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves . (1)
11 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Awe (Lt.Cdr. H.P. Carse, DSC, RNVR), HMS Capel (Lt. B.G. Heslop, DSC, RN), HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and FFS Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves . (1)
12 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Awe (Lt.Cdr. H.P. Carse, DSC, RNVR), HMS Capel (Lt. B.G. Heslop, DSC, RN) and HNoMS Tunsberg Castle. (1)
16 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Evenlode (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.B. Medlycott, RNR), HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR), HMS Capel (Lt. B.G. Heslop, DSC, RN) and HNoMS Tunsberg Castle. (1)
17 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Capel (Lt. B.G. Heslop, DSC, RN), HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and HMCS Orangeville (Lt. F.R. Pike, RCNVR). (1)
27 Aug 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Shemara (Cdr.(Retd.) H. Buckle, RN) and HNoMS Tunsberg Castle. (2)
26 Nov 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HNoMS Eglantine, HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lewis, RNR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/19192
- File 2.12.03.6373 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19460
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.