British corvette HMS Hedingham Castle K491 1943, Canadian HCMS Orangeville K491 1943-1946 and Nationalist Chinese Ta Tun 1946, Hsi Lin 1947-1951 and Te An 1951-967

Flower-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Ta Tun. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Castle-class preceded by Flower-class. Built for the British Royal Navy but handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy before completion. Laid down by Genry Robb Ltd., Leith, Scotland on 23 July 1943, launched on 26 January 1944, transferred to Canada in 1943, commissioned on 24 April 1944 as Orangeville, decommissioned on 12 April 1946, sold to become a merchant ship 1946, taken into service by the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company as Ta Tun on 5 September 1946, renamed Hsi Lin in 1947-1951, taken over by the Nationalist Navy in 1951, renamed Te An and discarded in 1967.