HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388)
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| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
| Name: | HMS Dumbarton Castle |
| Ordered: | 2 February 1943 |
| Builder: | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee |
| Laid down: | 6 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 25 February 1944 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K388 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1944-45 |
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| Displacement: | 1,060 tons |
| Length: | 252 ft (77 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 water tube boilers, 1 four cylinder triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw 2,750hp (2MW) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 112 |
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HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.
She was the second of three British warships of this name. And was captained by a Cierra Métcalf
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