| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 693 |
| Built by | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland. U.K.) : Clark |
| Ordered | 23 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 23 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 26 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 Jul 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Llanelly on 9 August 1960. |
Commands listed for HMS Morpeth Castle (K 693)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Eric Robert Pate, DSC, RNR | 15 Mar 1944 | Jun 1945 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Leslie Frederick Lewis Hill, RNR | Jun 1945 | Mar 1946 |
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Notable events involving Morpeth Castle include:
25 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Loch Morlich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR) and HMS Morpeth Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Pate, DSC, RNR). (1)
26 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Loch Morlich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR) and HMS Morpeth Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Pate, DSC, RNR). (1)
15 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with aircraft and later with HMS Lavender (Lt. T.W. Lewis, RANVR) and HMS Morpeth Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Pate, DSC, RNR). (2)
20 Jun 1945
HMS Tireless (A/Lt.Cdr. M.L.C. Crawford, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted gunnery exercises in the Clyde area. Also S.T.U. (mine detection) trials were carried out. During this day also pratice attacks were carried out on HMS Morpeth Castle (Lt.Cdr. L.F.L. Hill, RNR). These also included night attacks. (3)
21 Jun 1945
HMS Surf (T/Lt. T.D. Wood, RNVR) conducted exercises in the Rockabill area with HMS Morpeth Castle (Lt.Cdr. L.F.L. Hill, RNR) and HMS Brilliant (A/Cdr.(Retd.) A.R.W. Sayle, RD, RNR). (4)
27 Jun 1945
Astute (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) departed her builders yard at Barrow for Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS Morpeth Castle (Lt.Cdr. L.F.L. Hill, RNR). (5)
31 Jul 1945
HMS Tireless (A/Lt.Cdr. M.L.C. Crawford, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted practice attacks in the Clyde area with HMS Morpeth Castle (Lt.Cdr. L.F.L. Hill, RNR) and HMS Icarus (Cdr.(Retd.) M.W. Ewart-Wentworth, RN) serving as the targets. (6)
1 Aug 1945
HMS Tireless (A/Lt.Cdr. M.L.C. Crawford, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted practice attacks in the Clyde area with HMS Morpeth Castle (Lt.Cdr. L.F.L. Hill, RNR) and HMS Icarus (Cdr.(Retd.) M.W. Ewart-Wentworth, RN) serving as the targets. (7)
Sources
- ADM 173/19420
- ADM 173/19345
- ADM 173/19930
- ADM 173/19788
- ADM 173/19472
- ADM 173/19931
- ADM 173/19932
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.