HMS Woolvesey Castle information

	As HMCS Huntsville
History
United Kingdom
Name	Woolvesey Castle
Namesake	Wolvesey Castle
Ordered	23 January 1943
Builder	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon
Laid down	1 June 1943
Launched	24 February 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K461
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Name	Huntsville
Namesake	Huntsville, Ontario
Acquired	1943
Commissioned	6 June 1944
Decommissioned	15 February 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K497
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1944–45
Fate	Sold for mercantile service
Name	SS Wellington Kent (1947); Belle Isle II (1951);
In service	1947
Out of service	19 August 1960
Fate	Sunk in collision, 19 August 1960
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 Woolvesey Castle,^[2]^[3] also spelled as Wolvesey Castle,^[4] was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and was renamed HMCS Huntsville. Huntsville spent the rest of the war as a convoy escort. Following the war, the ship was converted for mercantile use and entered service as SS Wellington Kent in 1947. In 1951, the ship was renamed Belle Isle II. In 1960, Belle Isle II was sunk in a collision.

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
^ Macpherson and Barrie, p.164
^ Colledge, p.307
^ Chesneau, p.63

[Britain-1] "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

[mac1-2] Macpherson and Barrie, p.164

[colledge-3] Colledge, p.307

[chesneau1-4] Chesneau, p.63

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History
As HMCS Huntsville
United Kingdom
Name	Woolvesey Castle
Namesake	Wolvesey Castle
Ordered	23 January 1943
Builder	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon
Laid down	1 June 1943
Launched	24 February 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K461
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Name	Huntsville
Namesake	Huntsville, Ontario
Acquired	1943
Commissioned	6 June 1944
Decommissioned	15 February 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K497
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944–45^[1]
Fate	Sold for mercantile service
Name	SS Wellington Kent (1947) Belle Isle II (1951)
In service	1947
Out of service	19 August 1960
Fate	Sunk in collision, 19 August 1960
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