| Name: | PORTCHESTER CASTLE |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate |
| Keel: | 17/03/1943 |
| Launched: | 21/06/1943 |
| Completed: | 08/11/1943 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1778 |
| Dimensions: | 1010disp - 1510disp, 225.0 x 36.7 x 17.8ft |
| Engines: | T4cyl (18.5, 31 & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 2880ihp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 4.0ins AA, 2 x 2 x 20mm AA, 6 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 1 x 3 x Squid anti-submarine mortars; depth charges | |
| History: | |
| 08/11/1943 | British Royal Navy |
| 23/05/1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Castle Class of frigates also known as Corvettes |
| 1951: Appeared as SALTASH CASTLE in the film Cruel Sea | |
| 1955: Used in the film The Man Who Never Was | |
| 23/05/1958: Arrived at Troon for breaking up by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co | |
| 02/06/1958: Breaking up commenced | |
| 06/03/1959: Breaking up completed |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship