HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) [SEP] manufacturer
HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)
HMS "Pretoria Castle" (F61) was an armed merchant cruiser and escort aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She had previously been the ocean liner Pretoria Castle of the Union-Castle Line; built at Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland and launched in 1938.
She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in October 1939, and converted to an armed merchant cruiser with and guns, entering service in November 1939. In this role
F61
F61 or F.61 may refer to :
- Farman F.61, a variant of the 1915 French Farman F.40 reconnaissance aircraft
- HMS Javelin (F61), a 1938 British Royal Navy J-class destroyer
- HMS Llandaff (F61), a 1955 British Royal Navy Salisbury-class frigate
- HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) a 1938 British Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser and escort aircraft carrier
- PRR F61, an American
and also :
- the code for "mixed and other personality disorders