Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Castle |
Pennant | K 386 |
Built by | S.P. Austin & Son Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K.) : Clark |
Ordered | 2 Feb 1943 |
Laid down | 31 May 1943 |
Launched | 27 Nov 1943 |
Commissioned | 24 Nov 1944 |
End service | |
History | In Reserve at Portsmouth during 1947-1952. |
Commands listed for HMS Amberley Castle (K 386)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Edwards, RNVR | 4 Sep 1944 | 3 Sep 1945 |
2 | T/Lt. Ralph Smith Mortimer, RNR | 3 Sep 1945 | 25 Feb 1946 |
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Notable events involving Amberley Castle include:
18 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Alnwick Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Stonehouse, DSC, RNR) and HMS Amberley Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R. Edwards, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19424
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.