HMS Loch Insh
Service
- as HMS Loch InshNovember 1944 — 22 June 1962305 days of the war
- as KD Hang Tuah1963 — 1971
- Name
- HMS Loch Insh
- Pennant / hull number
- K433
- Namesake
- Loch Insh
- Builder
- Henry Robb, Leith, Scotland
- Ordered
- 25 January 1943
- Laid down
- November 1943
- Launched
- 10 May 1944
- Commissioned
- November 1944
- Decommissioned
- April 1946
- Recommissioned
- 21 September 1950
- Fate
- Retired and scrapped in 1977 (1977)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft)
- 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 Insh was a Loch-class frigate frigate, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number K433. She was named for Loch Insh. Her keel was laid at Henry Robb, Leith, Scotland in November 1943. She entered service in November 1944, having been launched on 10 May 1944.
She was one of 15 ships of her class. The class followed the River-class frigate and was succeeded by the Bay-class frigate.
Displacement was 1,435 long tons. 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 Insh until 22 June 1962. She was in commission for 305 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in April 1946. She recommissioned on 21 September 1950.
She was broken up for scrap in 1977.
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 gun 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 Insh on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 14742 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons