HMS Loch Dunvegan (K425)

HMS Loch Dunvegan was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after Loch Dunvegan in Scotland. Launched in 1944, the ship saw service in the Second World War, and in the Mediterranean Fleet in the early 1950s, before being broken up in 1960.

Loch Dunvegan in August 1944
History
United Kingdom
NameLoch Dunvegan
NamesakeLoch Dunvegan
Ordered19 January 1943
BuilderCharles Hill & Sons, Bristol
Yard number297
Laid down29 September 1943
Launched25 March 1944
Completed25 June 1944
CommissionedJune 1944
DecommissionedApril 1947
Recommissioned1 May 1950
DecommissionedNovember 1953
IdentificationPennant number K425/F425
Honours and
awards
  • Arctic, 1944
  • North Sea, 1945
FateSold for scrapping, 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeLoch-class frigate
Displacement1,435 tons
Length307 ft 9 in (93.80 m)
Beam38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shafts
  • 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 hp (4,100 kW)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Range9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement114
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
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