- HMS Rushen Castle (K372)
HMS "Rushen Castle" (K372) was a Castle-class
corvette of the United Kingdom'sRoyal Navy . She was named afterCastle Rushen inCastletown ,Isle of Man .Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, she was launched on 16 July 1943 and finished on 23 February 1944 - she served as a
convoy escort during theSecond World War . She was transferred to the British Air Ministry on 26 September 1960 for use as aweather ship , and was commissioned OWS "Weather Surveyor" on 21 December 1961. She was sold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. She was scrapped atHendrik-Ido-Ambacht in theNetherlands in 1983.The wartime commanding officer, R. C. Warwick, RNR, published a book, "Really Not Required", detailing his wartime experience on this ship and his previous command, the
anti-submarine trawler HMS "Saint Loman".
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