TUNSBERG CASTLE corvette (1944)

Tunsberg Castle 1944

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tunsberg Castle (ex-Shrewsbury Castle)			Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	5.1943	16.8.1943	4.1944	sunk 12.12.1944

Displacement standard, t

1010

Displacement full, t

1590

Length, m

68.6 pp 76.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

4.11 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2750

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 480

Endurance, nm(kts) 6200(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk IV ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)

Electronic equipment

type 271 or type 272 radar, type 144, type 147 sonars

Complement

120

Project history: British Castle-class corvette, the further development of successful "Flower" class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Tunsberg Castle was mined 12.12.1944 on approaches to Kola bay.

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

ESCORTS

TUNSBERG CASTLE corvette (1944)

Displacement standard, t	1010
Displacement full, t	1590
Length, m	68.6 pp 76.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	4.11 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2750
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 480
Endurance, nm(kts)	6200(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk IV ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272 radar, type 144, type 147 sonars
Complement	120