Decommissioned Royal Navy corvette of the Castle class
HMS Oakham Castle , c. 1947
History
United Kingdom
Name
HMS Oakham Castle
Namesake
Oakham Castle
Builder
A & J Inglis, Glasgow
Laid down
30 November 1943
Launched
20 July 1944
Completed
10 December 1944
Identification
Pennant number: K530
Fate
Weather ship Weather Reporter 1957
Scrapped 1977
General characteristics
Type
Castle-class corvette
Displacement
1,060 long tons (1,077 t)
Length
252 ft (77 m)
Beam
36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Draught
13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power
2 × water-tube boilers
2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Propulsion
1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
Single screw
Speed
16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range
6,200 nmi (11,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
120
Sensors and processing systems
Type 272 radar
Type 145 sonar
Type 147B sonar
Armament
1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun
1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar
1 × Depth charge rail, 15 depth charges
4–10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
HMS Oakham Castle, c. 1947.
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