HMS Hurst Castle (K416)

HMS Hurst Castle (K416)

HMS "Hurst Castle" (K416) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Hurst Castle at the western end of the Solent in Southern England.

Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee and launched on 23 February 1944, she served as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She was sunk by the German submarine "U-482" on 1 September 1944 northwest of Ireland whilst part of the escort for convoy CU-36. The submarine fired a single T-5 "Gnat" acoustic homing torpedo. 16 of the ship's company were killed, the youngest being only 16 years of age (Donald Bennett).

Only one other Castle class corvette was sunk by U-boats, HMS "Denbigh Castle" on 13 February 1945.

As of January 2007, there were still 5 living crew members living around the UK.


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