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HMS Nunney Castle was a Castle-class corvette ordered by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before completion and renamed HMCS Bowmanville. Bowmanville served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the final years of the war and was sold for mercantile use in 1946. Renamed Ta Shun, the ship sailed under a Chinese flag, later being renamed Yuan Pei. In 1949, the former corvette was taken over by the Communist-controlled government of China and rearmed and renamed Kuang Chou. Kuang Chou was listed until 1976 and was stricken in 1986.

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  • HMS Nunney Castle was a Castle-class corvette ordered by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before completion and renamed HMCS Bowmanville. Bowmanville served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the final years of the war and was sold for mercantile use in 1946. Renamed Ta Shun, the ship sailed under a Chinese flag, later being renamed Yuan Pei. In 1949, the former corvette was taken over by the Communist-controlled government of China and rearmed and renamed Kuang Chou. Kuang Chou was listed until 1976 and was stricken in 1986. (en)
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  • 1944-09-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Sold for mercantile service
  • Transferred to theRoyal Canadian Navy
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  • 1947 (xsd:integer)
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  • *1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun *1 × Squid anti-submarine mortar *1 × Depth charge rail, 15 depth charges *4–10 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon (en)
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  • Canada (en)
  • China (en)
  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (en)
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  • Atlantic 1944–45 (en)
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  • Pennant number: K446 (en)
  • Pennant number: K493 (en)
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  • *2 × water-tube boilers * (en)
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  • *1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine *Single screw (en)
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  • * Yuan Pei * Kuang Chou (en)
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  • HMS Nunney Castle was a Castle-class corvette ordered by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before completion and renamed HMCS Bowmanville. Bowmanville served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the final years of the war and was sold for mercantile use in 1946. Renamed Ta Shun, the ship sailed under a Chinese flag, later being renamed Yuan Pei. In 1949, the former corvette was taken over by the Communist-controlled government of China and rearmed and renamed Kuang Chou. Kuang Chou was listed until 1976 and was stricken in 1986. (en)
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