HMS Portchester Castle K-362

November 1943: HMS Portchester Castle K-362 seen soon after completion.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Woodman, R.N.)


HMS Portchester Castle K-362 seen in 1954. The pennant number F-362 was used on the ship in the 1953 movie The Cruel Sea (in which the ship portrayed HMS Saltash Castle F-362) and in the 1956 movie The Man Who Never Was. The ship was also seen in the 1959 movie The Navy Lark wearing the same pennant number.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Woodman, R.N.)


HMS Portchester Castle K-362 seen in 1954 wearing pennant number F-362.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Woodman, R.N.)


August 1, 1955: HMS Portchester Castle K-362 seen at Portland, England during the Navy Days celebration. Note the ship is wearing pennant number F-362.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Woodman, R.N.)


The ship's Bell.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Woodman, R.N.)



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