title: HMS Dumbarton Castle
text: # HMS Dumbarton Castle
  
  Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dumbarton Castle after Dumbarton Castle.
  
  * HMS Dumbarton Castle (1707), originally of the Royal Scots Navy, was a frigate taken into the Royal Navy in 1707.
  * HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) was launched as Castle-class corvette and was later re-designated frigate. She was built in 1944 and saw service in the North Atlantic before being placed into reserve in 1946 before being scrapped.
  * HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265) was a Castle-class patrol vessel launched in 1981 and sold in 2010 to Bangladesh as BNS Bijoy.
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  * Atlantic 1944-45
  * South Atlantic 1982
  