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HMS Castle Harbour was a civilian harbour vessel of 730 tons that was taken-up from trade (TUFT) during the Second World War by the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda for use by the Royal Naval Examination Service and later armed and commissioned as a warship, providing harbour defence from submarines.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 50 relations: Admiralty House, Bermuda, Bermuda Base Command, Bermuda Garrison, Castle Harbour, Bermuda, Charles Richard Fairey, Destroyer, Destroyers-for-bases deal, Eddrachillis Bay, Examination vessel, Fleet Air Arm, Flying boat, Furness Withy, German submarine U-47 (1938), Glasgow, Great Sound, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda, Ireland Island, Bermuda, Kindley Air Force Base, Kriegsmarine, Lend-Lease, Merchant Navy (United Kingdom), Mid Ocean Club, Naval Air Station Bermuda, North America and West Indies Station, Politics of Bermuda, Rosyth, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–1945), Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda, Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Navy, Scapa Flow, Scourie, Ship commissioning, Spanish Point, Bermuda, St David's Battery, St. George's Harbour, Bermuda, STUFT, Sutherland, The New York Times, Trinidad, Tugboat, U-boat, United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, World War II.

  2. Merchant ships of Bermuda
  3. Military of Bermuda
  4. World War II naval ships of the United Kingdom
  5. World War II shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea

Admiralty House, Bermuda

Admiralty House, Bermuda, was the official residence and offices for the senior officer of the Royal Navy in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, originally the Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station. HMS Castle Harbour and Admiralty House, Bermuda are military of Bermuda.

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Bermuda Base Command

The Bermuda Base Command was a command of the United States Army, established to defend the British Colony of Bermuda, located 640 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

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Bermuda Garrison

The Bermuda Garrison was the military establishment maintained on the British Overseas Territory and Imperial fortress of Bermuda by the regular British Army and its local militia and voluntary reserves from 1701 to 1957. HMS Castle Harbour and Bermuda Garrison are military of Bermuda.

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Castle Harbour, Bermuda

Castle Harbour is a large natural harbour in Bermuda.

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Charles Richard Fairey

Sir Charles Richard Fairey (5 May 1887 – 30 September 1956), also known as Richard Fairey, was an English aircraft manufacturer.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Destroyers-for-bases deal

The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom on September 2, 1940, according to which 50,, and -class US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the US Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions.

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Eddrachillis Bay

Eddrachillis Bay (Scottish Gaelic: Eadar Dà Chaolas- "between two kyles", Kylesku and Laxford) is a bay on the north-west coast of Sutherland, Scotland.

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Examination vessel

An examination vessel is a vessel used to inspect ships and boats entering a port during wartime.

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Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN).

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Flying boat

A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water.

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Furness Withy

Furness Withy was a major British transport business.

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German submarine U-47 (1938)

German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Great Sound

The Great Sound is large ocean inlet (a sound) located in Bermuda.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.

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Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda

Hamilton Harbour is a natural harbour in Bermuda which serves as the port for the capital, the City of Hamilton.

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Hamilton, Bermuda

The City of Hamilton, in Pembroke Parish, is the territorial capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.

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Ireland Island, Bermuda

Ireland Island is the north-westernmost island in the chain which comprises Bermuda.

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Kindley Air Force Base

Kindley Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base in Bermuda from 1948–1970, having been operated from 1943 to 1948 by the United States Army Air Forces as Kindley Field. HMS Castle Harbour and Kindley Air Force Base are military of Bermuda.

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Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Lend-Lease

Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, in Milestone Documents, National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C., retrieved February 8, 2024; (notes: "Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed 'vital to the defense of the United States.'"; contains photo of the original bill, H.R.

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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)

The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings.

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Mid Ocean Club

The Mid Ocean Club is a private 6,520 yard, 18-hole golf course in Tucker's Town, Bermuda.

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Naval Air Station Bermuda (Kindley Field) (usually described in Bermuda as United States Naval Air Station Bermuda, and not to be confused with the former Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda or the United States Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex, which had previously been designated US Naval Operating Base Bermuda, then US Naval Air Station Bermuda), was located on St. HMS Castle Harbour and Naval Air Station Bermuda are military of Bermuda.

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North America and West Indies Station

The North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956, with main bases at the Imperial fortresses of Bermuda and Halifax, Nova Scotia. HMS Castle Harbour and North America and West Indies Station are military of Bermuda.

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Politics of Bermuda

Bermuda is the oldest British Overseas Territory, and the oldest self-governing British Overseas Territory, and has a great degree of internal autonomy through authority and roles of governance delegated to it by the national Government (the British Government, which is ultimately responsible for the governance of all British territory).

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Rosyth

Rosyth (Ros Fhìobh, "headland of Fife") is a town in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–1945)

The Royal Air Force (RAF) operated from two locations in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda during the Second World War.

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Royal Canadian Navy

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; Marine royale canadienne, MRC) is the naval force of Canada.

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Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda

RNAS Bermuda (the personnel of which, as with all members of the America and West Indies Station shore establishment in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda at the time, were part of the strength of the stone frigate HMS Malabar) was a Royal Naval Air Station in the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island until 1939, then Boaz Island (and also the conjoined Watford Island), Bermuda. HMS Castle Harbour and Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda are military of Bermuda.

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. HMS Castle Harbour and Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda are military of Bermuda.

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Royal Naval Reserve

The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.

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Scourie

Scourie (Sgobhairigh), historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness.

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Spanish Point, Bermuda

Spanish Point is a prominent headland in Bermuda, located in Pembroke Parish five kilometres to the northwest of the capital Hamilton.

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St David's Battery

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St. George's Harbour, Bermuda

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STUFT

A STUFT (acronym for ship taken up from trade) is a UK civilian ship requisitioned for government use.

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Sutherland

Sutherland (Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Tugboat

A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line.

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U-boat

U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Merchant ships of Bermuda

Military of Bermuda

World War II naval ships of the United Kingdom

World War II shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Castle_Harbour