HMS Loch Lomond (K437)
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HMS Loch Lomond was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. The ship was named after Loch Lomond in Scotland.
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Loch Lomond in October 1944 | |
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Name | HMS Loch Lomond |
Namesake | Loch Lomond |
Ordered | 2 February 1943 |
Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland |
Laid down | 7 December 1943 |
Launched | 19 June 1944 |
Completed | 16 November 1944 |
Commissioned | November 1944 |
Decommissioned | April 1946 |
Recommissioned | 22 September 1950 |
Decommissioned | 19 December 1964 |
Stricken | February 1965 |
Identification | Pennant number K437/F437 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 1968 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Loch-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) |
Length | 307 ft 9 in (93.80 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 114 |
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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.[1]