Allied Warships
HMS Leeds Castle (K 384)
Corvette of the Castle class
HMS Leeds Castle Photograph with thanks to Mario Muscat.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Castle |
| Pennant | K 384 |
| Built by | William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland. U.K.) : Clark |
| Ordered | 23 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 22 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 12 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Grays on 5 June 1958. |
Commands listed for HMS Leeds Castle (K 384)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. John Mackay, RNR | 1 Dec 1943 | 5 May 1944 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Thomason Hodson, DSC, RNVR | 5 May 1944 | 15 Oct 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. Ernest Maitland Quarrie, RNR | 15 Oct 1945 | 10 Jan 1946 |
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Notable events involving Leeds Castle include:
15 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with
HMS Leeds Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. J. Mackay, RNR), HMS Lochy (Lt.Cdr. W.J.P. Roberts, RNR), HMS Dovey (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.W.F. Bolland, RNR) and HMS Loring (Lt. A.d'E.T. Sangster, RN). (1)
23 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with
HMS Leeds Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. J. Mackay, RNR), HMS Oxford Castle (T/Lt. H.E. Holden, DSC, RNR), HMS Dovey (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.W.F. Bolland, RNR) and HMS Loring (Lt. A.d'E.T. Sangster, RN). (1)
24 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with
HMS Leeds Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. J. Mackay, RNR) and HMS Oxford Castle (T/Lt. H.E. Holden, DSC, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19326
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.