HMS Berkeley Castle (K387) HMS Berkeley Castle (K387) HMS "Berkeley Castle" was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. The Castle-class corvettes were an improved and enlarged derivative of the earlier Flower-class corvettes, which was intended to be built by shipyards that could not build the larger and more capable frigates. The greater length of the Castles gave made them better seaboats than the Flowers, which were not originally designed for ocean escort work. Large numbers (96 in total) were ordered in late 1942 and early 1943 from shipyards in the United Kingdom and
Castle Rock, Morrow County, Oregon and renamed "Castle". Castle Rock was above sea level, whereas Castle is at . Castle Rock and Castle are downstream (west) of Boardman and due south of Crow Butte in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. Running along the Columbia, Interstate 84 passes by Castle. Castle Rock, Morrow County, Oregon Castle Rock was a historic unincorporated community, post office, and railway station in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. They were named for a low bluff along the Columbia River that was said to look like a castle as seen from the river. The Castle Rock railroad station opened