HMS Loch Fyne
Service
- as HMS Loch FyneNovember 1944 — 6 May 1963305 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Loch Fyne
- Pennant / hull number
- K429
- Namesake
- Loch Fyne
- Builder
- Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
- Ordered
- 2 February 1943
- Laid down
- 8 December 1943
- Launched
- 24 May 1944
- Commissioned
- November 1944
- Decommissioned
- April 1946
- Recommissioned
- January 1951
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 1970 (1970)
- 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 Fyne was a Loch-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K429. She was named for Loch Fyne. Her keel was laid at Burntisland Shipbuilding Company on 8 December 1943. She entered service in November 1944, having been launched on 24 May 1944.
15 ships of the class were built. 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 was in commission for 305 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in April 1946. She recommissioned in January 1951.
She was broken up for scrap in 1970.
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 ihp
- 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 (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III)
- Up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III
- 2 × Squid triple barreled A/S mortars
- 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Loch Fyne on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 6093 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons