HMS Loch Lomond (K437)

HMS Loch Lomond was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. The ship was named after Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Loch Lomond in October 1944
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Loch Lomond
NamesakeLoch Lomond
Ordered2 February 1943
BuilderCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland
Laid down7 December 1943
Launched19 June 1944
Completed16 November 1944
CommissionedNovember 1944
DecommissionedApril 1946
Recommissioned22 September 1950
Decommissioned19 December 1964
StrickenFebruary 1965
IdentificationPennant number K437/F437
Motto
  • Si je puis
  • ("If I can")
FateSold for scrap, 1968
General characteristics
Class and typeLoch-class frigate
Displacement1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
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 ihp (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

The ship was ordered from Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland on 2 February 1943, and laid down on 7 December 1943. Launched on 19 June 1944, and completed on 16 November 1944, the ship was commissioned soon after.

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