HMS Kenilworth Castle

	Kenilworth Castle (K420) in November 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Kenilworth Castle
Namesake	Kenilworth Castle
Builder	Smiths Dock Company
Launched	17 August 1943
Commissioned	14 November 1943
Identification	Pennant number: K420
Fate	Scrapped, June 1956
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 Kenilworth Castle (K420) was a Castle-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in late 1943, she began escorting trans-Atlantic convoys in early 1944, before being assigned to the Gibraltar-UK route in May. Her escort group was reorganized in September and was assigned to patrol British waters and support other escort units as needed until Germany surrendered in May 1945. The ship contributed to the sinking of two German submarines, one in March 1944 and the other in November. Kenilworth Castle was assigned to air-sea rescue duties for several months after the end of the war.

She became a training ship in 1946 before she was reduced to reserve two years later. The ship was sold for scrap in 1959 and subsequently broken up.