HMS Tamworth Castle information

History
United Kingdom
Name	Tamworth Castle
Namesake	Tamworth Castle
Ordered	19 January 1943
Builder	Henry Robb Ltd, Leith
Laid down	25 August 1943
Launched	26 January 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K393
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Name	Kincardine
Namesake	Kincardine, Ontario
Acquired	1943
Commissioned	19 June 1944
Decommissioned	27 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number: K490
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1944–45
Fate	Sold for mercantile service
Name	Saada
Port of registry	Casablanca
In service	1947
Out of service	1953
Fate	Broken up at La Spezia, Italy in 1953
General characteristics (as built)
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 Tamworth Castle was a Castle-class corvette that was ordered for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS Kincardine, which used the corvette as a convoy escort for the rest of the war. Following the war, the ship was sold for mercantile use to French, then Moroccan interests and was renamed Saada in 1947.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	Tamworth Castle
Namesake	Tamworth Castle
Ordered	19 January 1943
Builder	Henry Robb Ltd, Leith
Laid down	25 August 1943
Launched	26 January 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K393
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Name	Kincardine
Namesake	Kincardine, Ontario
Acquired	1943
Commissioned	19 June 1944
Decommissioned	27 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number: K490
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944–45^[1]
Fate	Sold for mercantile service
Name	Saada
Port of registry	Casablanca
In service	1947
Out of service	1953
Fate	Broken up at La Spezia, Italy in 1953
General characteristics (as built)
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