HMS Amberley Castle

	Amberley Castle in January 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	Amberley Castle
Namesake	Amberley Castle
Laid down	31 May 1943
Launched	27 November 1943
Commissioned	24 November 1944
Renamed	Weather Advisor, 22 September 1960; Admiral Fitzroy, 1977;
Reclassified	As weather ship, 1959
Identification	Pennant number: K386
Fate	Sold for scrapped, 1982
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Castle-class corvette
Displacement	1,010 long tons (1,030 t) (standard)
Length	252 ft (76.8 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) (deep load)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2,880 ihp (2,150 kW);
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 triple-expansion engine
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	99
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 145 and Type 147 ASDIC; Type 272 search radar; HF/DF radio direction finder;
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) DP gun; 2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 1 × 3-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar; 1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 15 depth charges;

HMS Amberley Castle (K386) was a Castle-class corvette built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in late 1944, the ship spent the rest of the war escorting 11 convoys between the UK and Gibraltar. After the surrender of German in May 1945, she was assigned air-sea rescue duties until early 1946 when Amberley Castle was reduced to reserve. She was converted into a weather ship in 1959 and subsequently renamed Weather Advisor. The ship was renamed Admiral Fitzroy in 1977 before she was sold for scrap in 1982.