HMS Rising Castle (K494)

HMS "Rising Castle" was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy.

Construction and commissioning

"Rising Castle" was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast and laid down on 21 June 1943. She was launched on 8 February 1944, but was then transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as HMCS "Arnprior" on 8 June 1944.

Career

"Arnprior" was commanded by Lt. Charles Van Laughton R.C.N. He also commanded HMCS "Agassiz" and HMCS "Cobalt" during the war. [http://ww2chat.com/forums/allied-forces/2078-canada-atlantic-convoys.html#post13625 Richard Laughton on ww2chat] ] [http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/200ol/04llb001.htm Obituary of Charles Van Laughton] ] The "Arnprior" worked up at Tobermory, after which she was assigned to the 1st Escort Group, based at Londonderry. She sailed with convoy ONM-249 on 19 August 1944. She spent the rest of the Second World War serving in the Atlantic as a convoy escort. After the end of the war in June 1945, "Arnprior" was refitted at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The refit lasted for two months and was then based at Halifax. She was finally decommissioned on 14 March 1946 and was sold to Uruguay. They renamed her "Montevideo" and operated her as a training ship until 1975. [http://www.navy.gc.ca/project_pride/ships/ship_e.asp?shipNumber=195 K-494 at navy.gc.ca] ]

References

*Colledge

External links

* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7934.html "Rising Castle" at Uboat.net]
* [http://www.readyayeready.com/cgi-bin/query/display.pl?index=1017 "Arnprior" at readyayeready.com]