HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class

Castle class corvette

The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943...

 corvette

Corvette

A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...

 of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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Construction

She was built by Harland and Wolff

Harland and Wolff

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....

 in Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

, launched on 11 January 1944 and commissioned in June 1944.

World War II

In World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 as part of 30th Escort Group under the command of Denys Rayner

Denys Rayner

Denys Arthur Rayner DSC & Bar, VRD, RNVR fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful designer and builder of small sailing craft - his first being the Westcoaster; his most successful being the glass fibre...

 she shared in the sinking of U-1200 south of Ireland on 11 November 1944, along with her sister ships Launceston Castle

HMS Launceston Castle (K397)

HMS Launceston Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, named after Launceston Castle in Cornwall.She was launched by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Blyth in Northumberland on 27 November 1943....

, Portchester Castle

HMS Portchester Castle (K362)

HMS Portchester Castle was a Castle-class corvette built in 1943 and scrapped in 1958. She was the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after Portchester Castle in Hampshire, and was used for the 1952 film The Cruel Sea, in which she played Saltash Castle.-Construction:She was launched on 21...

 and Kenilworth Castle

HMS Kenilworth Castle (K420)

HMS Kenilworth Castle was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.She was built by Smiths Dock Company at South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 17 August 1943 and commissioned on 14 November 1943....

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Weather ship

In 1960/61 she was converted at Blyth to the weather ship Weather Monitor. She was upgraded at the Manchester Dry Docks Company
in 1976 and renamed Admiral Beaufort

External links

• Pevensey Castle at weatherships.co.uk