HMS Rushen Castle (K372)

HMS Rushen Castle (K372) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Castle Rushen in Castletown, Isle of Man.

HMS Rushen Castle on the River Tyne, February 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Rushen Castle
Namesake: Castle Rushen
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Launched: 16 July 1943
Commissioned: 23 February 1944
Identification: Pennant number: K372
Fate: Transferred to British Air Ministry 26 September 1960
United Kingdom
Name: Weather Surveyor
Acquired: 26 September 1960
Commissioned: 21 December 1961
Fate: Sold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. Scrapped 1983
General characteristics
Class and type: Castle-class corvette

Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, she was launched on 16 July 1943 and finished on 23 February 1944 - she served as a convoy escort during the Second World War.

She was transferred to the British Air Ministry on 26 September 1960 for use as a weather ship, and was commissioned as Weather Surveyor on 21 December 1961. She was sold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. She was scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in the Netherlands in 1983.

The wartime commanding officer, R. C. Warwick, RNR, published a book, Really Not Required, detailing his wartime experience on this ship and his previous command, the anti-submarine trawler HMS Saint Loman.

References

    Publications
    • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
    • Warwick, Colin, 1997. Really Not Required, Pentland Press, ISBN 1858214777
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