HMS Lossie
River-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Lossie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Namesake | River Lossie |
Builder | Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal |
Laid down | 2 October 1942 |
Launched | 30 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 14 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 26 January 1946 |
Notes | Ordered by United States Navy as PG-108. Transferred to RN before completion under the lend-lease program. Returned to the USN on 26 January 1946. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Length | |
Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp |
Speed | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) |
Range | 646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
Complement | 140 |
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