Castle Class Corvette - Cancelled

Cancelled

15 ships ordered for the Royal Navy from UK shipyards as part of the 1943 Programme were all cancelled on 31 October 1943:

  • Caldecot Castle - ordered 19 January 1943 from John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
  • Dover Castle - ordered 19 January 1943 from A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow.
  • Dudley Castle - ordered 19 January 1943 from A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow.
  • Bere Castle - ordered 23 January 1943 from John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
  • Calshot Castle - ordered 23 January 1943 from John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
  • Monmouth Castle (originally to have been Peel Castle) - ordered 23 January 1943 from John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen.
  • Rhuddlan Castle - ordered 23 January 1943 from John Crown & Sons, Sunderland.
  • Thornbury Castle - ordered 23 January 1943 from Ferguson Brothers, Port Glasgow.
  • Appleby Castle - ordered 3 March 1943 from Austin, at Sunderland.
  • Tonbridge Castle - ordered 3 March 1943 from Austin, at Sunderland.
  • Norwich Castle - ordered 4 May 1943 from John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
  • Oswestry Castle - ordered 4 May 1943 from John Crown & Sons, Sunderland.
  • Pendennis Castle - ordered 4 May 1943 from John Crown & Sons, Sunderland.
  • Alton Castle - ordered 10 July 1943 from Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley.
  • Warkworth Castle - ordered 10 July 1943 from Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley.

36 ships were ordered on 15 March 1943 for the Royal Navy from Canadian shipyards for completion between May 1944 and June 1945, but were all cancelled in December 1943:

  • Aydon Castle
  • Barnwell Castle
  • Beeston Castle
  • Bodiam Castle
  • Bolton Castle
  • Bowes Castle
  • Bramber Castle
  • Bridgnorth Castle
  • Brough Castle
  • Canterbury Castle
  • Carew Castle
  • Chepstow Castle
  • Chester Castle
  • Christchurch Castle
  • Clare Castle
  • Clavering Castle
  • Clitheroe Castle
  • Clun Castle
  • Colchester Castle
  • Corfe Castle
  • Cornet Castle
  • Cowes Castle
  • Cowling Castle
  • Criccieth Castle
  • Cromer Castle
  • Devizes Castle
  • Dunster Castle
  • Egremont Castle
  • Fotheringay Castle
  • Helmsley Castle
  • Malling Castle
  • Malmesbury Castle
  • Raby Castle
  • Trematon Castle
  • Tutbury Castle
  • Wigmore Castle

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