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UK Castle class patrol vessel

1981

Designed to replace the Island class patrol vessels, the Castle class were longer, had better sea keeping and could allow helicopters up to Sea King size to land on. There was no hangar.
Corvette · ships
crew:45
troops:25
full load (tn):1427
length (m):75
beam (m):11.5
draught (m):3.6
range (nm):10000
max speed (knots):18

Systems

2Naval Enginediesel
Naval Radarnavigation radar Type 1006

Shipyards

ShipyardBuilt
UK Hall Russell 2

Aircraft

Landing platform only. No hangar

ManufacturerOperatorTypicalMax
Westland Sea King UK Fleet Air Arm 1

Ships

BuiltDecomShipTransferred to
1981 2005 P258 UK HMS Leeds Castle
1982 2008 P265 UK HMS Dumbarton Castle