HMS Leeds Castle (K384)

	Leeds Castle in April 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Leeds Castle
Builder	William Pickersgill & Sons
Launched	12 October 1943
Commissioned	February 1944
Decommissioned	November 1956
Identification	Pennant number: K384 & F384
Fate	Scrapped, 1958
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 Leeds Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in 1944, she escorted 16 convoys to and from the UK and Gibraltar for the rest of the war. The ship was then assigned air-sea rescue duties in British waters until January 1946. Later that year Leeds Castle became a training ship and served in that role until 1956 when she was reduced to reserve. The ship was sold for scrap in 1958 and was subsequently broken up.