HMS Loch Achray
Service
- as HMS Loch Achray1 February 1945 — July 1946213 days of the war
- as HMNZS Kaniere27 September 1948 — 1961
- Name
- HMS Loch Achray
- Pennant / hull number
- K426
- Namesake
- Loch Achray
- Builder
- Smiths Dock Co., Ltd.
- Ordered
- 25 January 1943
- Laid down
- 13 December 1943
- Launched
- 7 July 1944
- Commissioned
- 1 February 1945
- Decommissioned
- July 1946
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, September 1966 (1966)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft) OA
- Beam
- 11.58 m (38 ft)
- Draught
- 2.44 m (8 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 9,500 nmi (17,594 km)
- Complement
- 114
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Loch Achray was a Loch-class frigate frigate, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K426. The ship was named after Loch Achray. Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. laid her keel on 13 December 1943. Launched on 7 July 1944, she entered service on 1 February 1945.
She was one of 15 ships of her class. The class followed the River-class frigate and was succeeded by the Bay-class frigate.
She measured 93.6 m (307 ft) long with a beam of 11.6 m (38 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 114. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Loch Achray until July 1946. She then passed to the Royal New Zealand Navy, serving as HMNZS Kaniere from 27 September 1948. She was in commission for 213 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in July 1946.
She was broken up for scrap in September 1966.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2 shafts
- 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5500 hp
- Armament
- 1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on 1 single mounting HA Mk.III**
- 4 × QF 2-pounder Mk.VII on 1 quad mount Mk.VII
- 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V
- 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III
- 2 × Squid triple barrelled A/S mortars
- One rail and two throwers for depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Loch Achray on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Haig Parry W (of Middlesbrough) — This photograph FL 14693 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons