| Name: | TUNSBERG CASTLE launched as SHREWSBURY CASTLE |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate |
| Keel: | 05/05/1943 |
| Launched: | 16/08/1943 |
| Completed: | 29/04/1944 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1782 |
| 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: | |
| 17/04/1944 | Royal Norwegian Navy |
| 12/12/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the Castle Class of Frigates also known as Corvettes |
| 16/08/1943: Launched as SHREWSBURY CASTLE for the British Royal Navy | |
| 17/04/1944: On loan to the Government of Norway | |
| 12/12/1944: Mined & sunk off Båtsfjord, Norway in position 70.43N - 30.07'E |
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Above photo as TUNSBERG CASTLE is copyright of the Imperial War Museum