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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Pretoria Castle</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Port of registry</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Harland_%26_Wolff" title="Harland & Wolff">Harland & Wolff</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Yard number</td><td>1006<sup id="cite_ref-Tom_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>12 October 1938</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>18 April 1939<sup id="cite_ref-Tom_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">UK <a href="/wiki/Official_number" title="Official number">official number</a> 167220</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_call_sign" title="Maritime call sign">Call sign</a> GRRJ <span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Golf.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/ICS_Golf.svg/15px-ICS_Golf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/ICS_Golf.svg/23px-ICS_Golf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/ICS_Golf.svg/30px-ICS_Golf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Romeo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/15px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/23px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/30px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Romeo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/15px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/23px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/30px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Juliett.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/15px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/23px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ICS_Juliett.svg/30px-ICS_Juliett.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Requisitioned for <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> October 1939</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Pretoria Castle</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>28 November 1939</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>August 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Refit</td><td>Converted from <a href="/wiki/Armed_merchantman#Armed_merchant_cruisers" title="Armed merchantman">armed merchant cruiser</a> to <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a> F61</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>29 July 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>26 January 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold back to the <a href="/wiki/Union-Castle_Line" title="Union-Castle Line">Union-Castle Line</a> 1946</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;padding-left:2px;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>RMMV <i>Warwick Castle</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Port of registry</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Civil_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> London</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped July 1962</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">Ocean liner</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>17,392 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>23,450 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>594 ft (181.1 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>76 ft (23.2 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>29 ft (8.8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>16,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Brake_horsepower" title="Horsepower">bhp</a> (12,000 kW); 3,284 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Nominal_horsepower" title="Horsepower">NHP</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><a href="/wiki/Marine_propulsion#Reciprocating" title="Marine propulsion">Diesel engines</a>, twin screw</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>18 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (33 km/h; 21 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>21</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Pretoria Castle</i> (F61)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Union-Castle_Line" title="Union-Castle Line">Union-Castle</a> <a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">ocean liner</a> that in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> was converted into a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Armed_merchantman#Armed_merchant_cruisers" title="Armed merchantman">armed merchant cruiser</a>, and then converted again into an <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a>. After the war she was converted back into a passenger liner and renamed <i><b>Warwick Castle</b></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_(2158_042214).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_%282158_042214%29.jpg/220px-Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_%282158_042214%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_%282158_042214%29.jpg/330px-Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_%282158_042214%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_%282158_042214%29.jpg/440px-Het_Britse_hulpvliegkampschip_HMS_Pretoria_Castle_werd_alleen_gebruikt_voor_training_%282158_042214%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2835" data-file-height="2019" /></a><figcaption>Flight training aboard the <i>Pretoria Castle</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff" class="mw-redirect" title="Harland and Wolff">Harland and Wolff</a> built <i>Pretoria Castle</i> in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, launching her in 1938 and completing her in April 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> requisitioned her for the Royal Navy in October 1939, and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser with eight 6-inch (152 mm) and two 3-inch (76 mm) guns, entering service in November 1939. In this role she served mainly in the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic">South Atlantic</a>. </p><p>In July 1942 the Admiralty bought her outright for conversion to an escort carrier by <a href="/wiki/Swan_Hunter" title="Swan Hunter">Swan Hunter</a> on <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a>. For her new role her armament included ten <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm cannon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was commissioned in her new role in July 1943. She operated as a trials and training carrier, seeing no active combat service. </p><p>In 1945 she twice became part of aviation history, firstly when British <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)" title="Eric Brown (pilot)">Eric "Winkle" Brown</a> landed a <a href="/wiki/Bell_Aircraft_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Aircraft Corporation">Bell</a> <a href="/wiki/Airacobra" class="mw-redirect" title="Airacobra">Airacobra</a> Mk. 1 on her flight deck - the first carrier landing made using an aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage, when Brown declared an emergency and was given permission to make a deck landing; a ruse which had previously been agreed with the carrier's captain, <a href="/wiki/Caspar_John" title="Caspar John">Caspar John</a>, during initial trials for <a href="/wiki/Rubber_deck" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubber deck">rubber deck</a> landings planned for future carriers, and then by hosting the first ever landings and take-offs by a glider, performed by John Sproule in a <a href="/wiki/Slingsby_T.20" title="Slingsby T.20">Slingsby T.20</a> as part of research into "round-down" turbulence. On 11 August 1946, while moored on the Clyde, a <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> was used for deck handling trials which later led to flight trials on other carriers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war the ship was sold back to the Union-Castle Line in 1946 and converted back to a passenger liner, restored to its route between <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> but renamed <i>Warwick Castle</i>. She was sold and scrapped in <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a> in July 1962. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Tom-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tom_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tom_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcCluskie2013" class="citation book cs1">McCluskie, Tom (2013). <i>The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff</i>. Stroud: The History Press. p. 146. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0752488615" title="Special:BookSources/978-0752488615"><bdi>978-0752488615</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rise+and+Fall+of+Harland+and+Wolff&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pages=146&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0752488615&rft.aulast=McCluskie&rft.aufirst=Tom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/39/39b0721.pdf"><i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lloyd%27s+Register+of+Shipping&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Lloyd%27s+Register&rft.date=1939&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fplimsoll.southampton.gov.uk%2Fshipdata%2Fpdfs%2F39%2F39b0721.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navalhistory.flixco.info/G/85517x55023/8330/a69.htm">"HMS Pretoria Castle Gun 10 X BR 20mm 70cal Mark V VC Power Twin"</a>. <i>NavHist</i>. Flixco Pty Limited<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NavHist&rft.atitle=HMS+Pretoria+Castle+Gun+10+X+BR+20mm+70cal+Mark+V+VC+Power+Twin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnavalhistory.flixco.info%2FG%2F85517x55023%2F8330%2Fa69.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMason" class="citation web cs1">Mason, Geoffrey B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-05CVE-HMS_Pretoria_Castle.htm">"HMS Pretoria Castle (F 61) – Escort Aircraft Carrier"</a>. <i>Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Service+Histories+of+Royal+Navy+Warships+in+World+War+2&rft.atitle=HMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F+61%29+%E2%80%93+Escort+Aircraft+Carrier&rft.aulast=Mason&rft.aufirst=Geoffrey+B&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naval-history.net%2FxGM-Chrono-05CVE-HMS_Pretoria_Castle.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsborneSpongGrover2007" class="citation book cs1">Osborne, Richard; Spong, Harry & Grover, Tom (2007). <i>Armed Merchant Cruisers 1878–1945</i>. Windsor, UK: World Warship Society. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9543310-8-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9543310-8-5"><bdi>978-0-9543310-8-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armed+Merchant+Cruisers+1878%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Windsor%2C+UK&rft.pub=World+Warship+Society&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-9543310-8-5&rft.aulast=Osborne&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft.au=Spong%2C+Harry&rft.au=Grover%2C+Tom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)" title="Eric Brown (pilot)">Brown, Eric</a>. <i>Wings of the Weird and Wonderful</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wings+of+the+Weird+and+Wonderful&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Which volume? And what page? (October 2020)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)" title="Eric Brown (pilot)">Brown, Eric</a> (2007). <i>Wings on My Sleeve</i>. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1407244518" title="Special:BookSources/978-1407244518"><bdi>978-1407244518</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wings+on+My+Sleeve&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Weidenfeld+%26+Nicolson&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1407244518&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Pretoria+Castle+%28F61%29" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. 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carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(I72)" title="HMS Unicorn (I72)"><i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Majestic</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity"><i>Audacity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avenger-class_escort_carrier" title="Avenger-class escort carrier"><i>Avenger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Activity_(D94)" title="HMS Activity (D94)"><i>Activity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Pretoria Castle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairana-class_escort_carrier" title="Nairana-class escort carrier"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson-class_battleship" title="Nelson-class battleship"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)" title="King George V-class battleship (1939)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)"><i>Vanguard</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hood" title="HMS Hood"><i>Hood</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County-class_cruiser" title="County-class cruiser">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York-class_cruiser" title="York-class cruiser"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)" title="Leander-class cruiser (1931)"><i>Leander</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1936)" title="Town-class cruiser (1936)">Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser" title="Dido-class cruiser"><i>Dido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser" title="Fiji-class cruiser"><i>Fiji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1943)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1943)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune-class_cruiser" title="Neptune-class cruiser"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1947)"><i>Minotaur</i></a> (1947)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type (<i>Shakespeare</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty type (<i>Scott</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V & W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amazon_(D39)" title="HMS Amazon (D39)"><i>Amazon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A & B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C & D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">E & F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">G & H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1936)">Tribal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">J, K & N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_and_M-class_destroyer" title="L and M-class destroyer">L & M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_and_P-class_destroyer" title="O and P-class destroyer">O & P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_and_R-class_destroyer" title="Q and R-class destroyer">Q & R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer" title="S and T-class destroyer">S & T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U & V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W & Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1943)" title="C-class destroyer (1943)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C,P</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain-class_frigate" title="Captain-class frigate">Captain</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony-class_frigate" title="Colony-class frigate">Colony</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch-class_frigate" title="Loch-class frigate">Loch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay-class_frigate" title="Bay-class frigate">Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvettes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flower-class_corvette" title="Flower-class corvette">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_corvette" title="Castle-class corvette">Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater-class_sloop" title="Bridgewater-class sloop"><i>Bridgewater</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings-class_sloop" title="Hastings-class sloop"><i>Hastings</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff-class_sloop" title="Banff-class sloop"><i>Banff</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-class_sloop" title="Shoreham-class sloop"><i>Shoreham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby-class_sloop" title="Grimsby-class sloop"><i>Grimsby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfisher-class_sloop" title="Kingfisher-class sloop"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bittern-class_sloop" title="Bittern-class sloop"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egret-class_sloop" title="Egret-class sloop"><i>Egret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan-class_sloop" title="Black Swan-class sloop"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Adventure_(M23)" title="HMS Adventure (M23)"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer" title="Abdiel-class minelayer"><i>Abdiel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(M26)" title="HMS Plover (M26)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linnet-class_minelayer" title="Linnet-class minelayer"><i>Linnet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-class_minelayer" title="M-class minelayer">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(M10)" title="HMS Agamemnon (M10)"><i>Agamemnon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menestheus" title="HMS Menestheus"><i>Menestheus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Napier" title="HMS Port Napier"><i>Port Napier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Quebec" title="HMS Port Quebec"><i>Port Quebec</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Southern_Prince" title="HMS Southern Prince"><i>Southern Prince</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Teviot_Bank" title="HMS Teviot Bank"><i>Teviot Bank</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halcyon-class_minesweeper" title="Halcyon-class minesweeper"><i>Halcyon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>Bangor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMS-class_minesweeper" title="MMS-class minesweeper">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerine-class_minesweeper" title="Algerine-class minesweeper"><i>Algerine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cybele-class_mine_destructor_vessel" title="Cybele-class mine destructor vessel"><i>Cybele</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">Netlayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Guardian_(1932)" title="HMS Guardian (1932)"><i>Guardian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(trawler)" title="Mary White (trawler)"><i>Mary White</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Protector_(A146)" title="HMS Protector (A146)"><i>Protector</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Bar-class boom defence vessel"><i>Bar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Net-class boom defence vessel"><i>Net</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_H-class_submarine" title="British H-class submarine">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_L-class_submarine" title="British L-class submarine">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odin-class_submarine" title="Odin-class submarine"><i>Odin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian-class_submarine" title="Parthian-class submarine"><i>Parthian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow-class_submarine" title="Rainbow-class submarine"><i>Rainbow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_S-class_submarine_(1931)" title="British S-class submarine (1931)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_submarine" title="River-class submarine">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampus-class_submarine" title="Grampus-class submarine"><i>Grampus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_T-class_submarine" title="British T-class submarine">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_U-class_submarine" title="British U-class submarine">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oru%C3%A7_Reis-class_submarine" title="Oruç Reis-class submarine"><i>P611</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine" title="British V-class submarine">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphion-class_submarine" title="Amphion-class submarine"><i>Amphion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-class_submarine" title="X-class submarine">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine">XE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Forces_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy">Coastal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Harbour_defence_motor_launch" title="Harbour defence motor launch">Harbour defence motor launch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fairmile_B_motor_launch" title="Fairmile B motor launch">Fairmile B motor launch</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat" title="Motor torpedo boat">Motor torpedo boat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motor_gunboat" title="Motor gunboat">Motor gunboat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Steam_gun_boat" title="Steam gun boat">Steam gun boat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Insect-class_gunboat" title="Insect-class gunboat">Insect-class gunboat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dragonfly-class_river_gunboat" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragonfly-class river gunboat"><i>Dragonfly</i>-class river gunboat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Type_Two_63_ft_HSL" title="Type Two 63 ft HSL">Type Two 63 ft HSL</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Naval_trawler" title="Naval trawler">Trawlers</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_trawler" title="Castle-class trawler">Castle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Basset-class_trawler" title="Basset-class trawler"><i>Basset</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Isles-class_trawler" title="Isles-class trawler">Isles</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Portuguese-class_trawler" title="Portuguese-class trawler">Portuguese</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tree-class_trawler" title="Tree-class trawler">Tree</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dance-class_trawler" title="Dance-class trawler">Dance</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Shakespearian-class_trawler" title="Shakespearian-class trawler">Shakespearian</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Round_Table-class_trawler" title="Round Table-class trawler">Round Table</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Monitor_(warship)" title="Monitor (warship)">Monitors</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Erebus-class_monitor" title="Erebus-class monitor"><i>Erebus</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roberts-class_monitor" title="Roberts-class monitor"><i>Roberts</i></a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane carriers</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)"><i>Pegasus</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928)" title="HMAS Albatross (1928)"><i>Albatross</i></a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine depot ship</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Adamant_(A164)" title="HMS Adamant (A164)"><i>Adamant</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)" title="HMS Bonaventure (F139)"><i>Bonaventure</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Forth_(A187)" title="HMS Forth (A187)"><i>Forth</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Maidstone_(1937)" title="HMS Maidstone (1937)"><i>Maidstone</i></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HMS_Titania" title="HMS Titania"><i>Titania</i></a></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Merchant_aircraft_carrier" title="Merchant aircraft carrier">Merchant aircraft carriers</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Fighter_catapult_ship" title="Fighter catapult ship">Fighter catapult ships</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Armed_merchantman" title="Armed merchantman">Armed merchant cruisers</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Ocean_boarding_vessel" title="Ocean boarding vessel">Ocean boarding vessels</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>A</dt> <dd>American built</dd> <dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd> 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