HMS Loch Glendhu (K619)

HMS Loch Glendhu was a Royal Navy Loch-class frigate named after Loch Glendhu in Scotland. She was built at the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company's shipyard in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland in 1944.

Loch Glendhu in February 1945
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Loch Glendhu
NamesakeLoch Glendhu
Ordered2 February 1943
BuilderBurntisland Shipbuilding Company
Laid down29 May 1944
Launched18 October 1944
Commissioned23 February 1945
IdentificationPennant number K619
FateScrapped November 1957
General characteristics
Class and typeLoch-class frigate
Displacement1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
Length307 ft 9 in (93.8 m)
Beam38 ft 9 in (11.8 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Installed power
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) (steam engines) or
  • 6,500 shp (4,800 kW) (steam turbines)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines or
  • 2 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement114
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Types 144 and 147B ASDIC
  • Type 277 surface-search radar
Armament
  • 1 × single QF 4-inch Mark V
  • 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder
  • 2 × single Bofors AA guns
  • 2–8 × single 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × Squid triple-barrelled anti-submarine mortars
  • 1 rail and 2 throwers for 15 depth charges
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