Of the Castle-class (preceded by the Flower-class), laid down by Pickersgill, Sunderland, United Kingdom as the HMS Nunney Castle (K446) with yard number 602 in August 1943, acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943, launched on 26 January 1944, commissioned as the HMCS Bowmansville (K493) on 28 September 1944, decommissioned on 15 February 1946, became in 1947 the Chinese merchant ship Ta Shun, taken into service in 1949, renamed Yuan Pei before she in 1949 the Kuang Chou (602) became. Decommissioned in 1976 and stricken in 1986.
Displacement 1.100 (standard)-1.580 (full load) tons and as dimensions 252 (over all) x 36 2/3 x 15¾ (maximum) feet. Armament consisted of 2-5.1” guns, 1-4,5cm anti aircraft gun and 5-3,7cm anti aircraft guns. Triple expansion machinery and 2-3 drum boilers supplying 2.800 ihp allowing a speed of 16.5 knots and with an oil fuel bunker capacity of 800 tons and a speed of 10 knots was her range 8.400 nautical miles. Crew numbered 100 men.
