- HMS Allington Castle (K689)
HMS "Allington Castle" (K689) was a Castle-class
corvette of Britain'sRoyal Navy . She was named afterAllington Castle inKent .She was launched by Fleming and Ferguson Shipyard at
Paisley, Scotland on 29 February 1944 as "Alington Castle". Her name was changed in June 1944 whilst she was completing to "Allington Castle". She was commissioned on 19 June 1944 and served as aconvoy escort until the end of theSecond World War .After the war, she remained in the Home Fleet based at Fleetwood until 1947 when she moved to the
Harwich Reserve. Refitted on the Tyne in August 1949 she returned to the Harwich Reserve until 1952 when she was transferred to WestHartlepool where she remained until 1958. She was sold and arrived for scrapping atSunderland on 20 December 1958.
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