| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 383 |
| Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 19 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 20 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 1 Sep 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 Dec 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Operated with the Clyde Escort Force until November 1945. Portrayed a German escort vessel depth charging a British submarine off the coast of France in the movie The Cockleshell Heroes starring Jose Ferrer and Trevor Howard. |
Commands listed for HMS Flint Castle (K 383)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Norman Harrison, RNVR | 20 Oct 1943 | 3 Jul 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Sidney George Wright, RNVR | 3 Jul 1944 | Jan 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. William Reresby Sitwell, RN | 1 Jan 1945 | 15 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Flint Castle include:
1 Mar 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Caldy (T/Lt. G.D. Cowley, RNVR) and HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR). (1)
6 Mar 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Caldy (T/Lt. G.D. Cowley, RNVR), HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR) and HMS Crowlin (A/Skr.Lt. A. Smith, RNR). (1)
8 Mar 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Benbecula (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F.W. Boumphrey, RNVR), HMS Arcturus (T/Lt. H.R. Grief, RNR),
HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR) and HMS Crowlin (A/Skr.Lt. A. Smith, RNR). (1)
11 Mar 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Benbecula (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F.W. Boumphrey, RNVR) and HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR). (1)
12 Mar 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Persian (Lt.Cdr. A. Ecclestone, RN) and HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR). (1)
30 Mar 1944
HMS Trenchant (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hezlet, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR). (2)
31 Mar 1944
HMS Trenchant (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hezlet, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR) and F.A.A. aircraft. (2)
17 Apr 1944
HMS Telemachus (Cdr. W.D.A. King, DSO, DSC, RN) departed from Holy Loch for the Far East. The first leg of the trip is to Gibraltar. Passage south through the Irish Sea was made together with HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, OBE, RN). They were escorted by HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR).
(No positions are mentioned in the log of Telemachus nor have we found a passage report, therefore no map can be made.) (3)
23 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR), HMS Oxford Castle (T/Lt. H.E. Holden, DSC, RNR), HMS Rushen Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Warwick, DSC, RNR), HMS Vidette (Lt. P.J. Stoner, RN), HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMS Swale (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, DSC, RNR). (4)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6384 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19057
- ADM 173/18973
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.