Editing HMS Launceston Castle (section)

{{Short description|Corvette in UK Royal Navy}}
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| Ship image               = HMS Launceston Castle WWII IWM FL 14544.jpg
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| Ship country             = United Kingdom
| Ship flag                = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
| Ship name                = HMS ''Launceston Castle''
| Ship namesake            = [[Launceston Castle]]
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| Ship builder             = Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
| Ship laid down           = 27 May 1943
| Ship launched            = 27 November 1943
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| Ship commissioned        = 20 June 1944
| Ship decommissioned      = 1947
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|Ship identification= [[pennant number]] K397
| Ship fate                = Scrapped 3 August 1959
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| Ship class               = {{sclass2|Castle|corvette}}
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'''HMS ''Launceston Castle'' (K397)''' was a {{sclass2|Castle|corvette}} of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Royal Navy]], named after [[Launceston Castle]] in Cornwall. The ship was constructed during the [[Second World War]] and saw service primarily as a convoy escort.