HMS Amberley Castle (K386)

	Amberley Castle in January 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Amberley Castle
Namesake	Amberley Castle
Laid down	31 May 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Commissioned	24 November 1944
Identification	Pennant number: K386
Fate	Converted to weather ship in 1957, scrapped in 1982.
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class corvette
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 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) maximum
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	112
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar - Type 272 originally, Sonar - Types 144Q and 147B originally
Armament	1 × 4-inch Quick Firing Mk.XIX High Angle/Low Angle combined air/surface gun; 1 × Squid Anti-submarine mortar; 1 × depth charge rail, 15 depth charges; 2 × 20 mm twin anti-aircraft cannon; 6 × 20 mm single anti-aircraft cannon;

HMS Amberley Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Amberley Castle near Arundel in West Sussex.

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