HMS Loch Fyne (K429)

	Loch Fyne in October 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Fyne
Namesake	Loch Fyne
Ordered	2 February 1943
Builder	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Yard number	284
Laid down	8 December 1943
Launched	24 May 1944
Completed	9 November 1944
Commissioned	November 1944
Decommissioned	April 1946
Recommissioned	January 1951
Decommissioned	March 1952
Recommissioned	14 February 1956
Decommissioned	6 May 1963
Identification	Pennant number K429/F429
Motto	Dion Na Mo Marbhshruth; ("I will leave safety in my wake");
Honours &; awards	Atlantic 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1970
General characteristics
Class & type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons
Length	286 ft (87 m) p/p; 307 ft 3 in (93.65 m) o/a;
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) standard; 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) full;
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shafts; 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW);
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nautical miles (17,590 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph), 730 tons oil fuel
Complement	114
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;

HMS Loch Fyne was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy, built by the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, and named after Loch Fyne in Scotland. The ship was launched in 1944, and served at the end of World War II. Recommissioned in 1951, she served in the Persian Gulf and was scrapped in 1970.

History
Loch Fyne in October 1944
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Fyne
Namesake	Loch Fyne
Ordered	2 February 1943
Builder	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Yard number	284
Laid down	8 December 1943
Launched	24 May 1944
Completed	9 November 1944
Commissioned	November 1944
Decommissioned	April 1946
Recommissioned	January 1951
Decommissioned	March 1952
Recommissioned	14 February 1956
Decommissioned	6 May 1963
Identification	Pennant number K429/F429
Motto	Dion Na Mo Marbhshruth ("I will leave safety in my wake")
Honours & awards	Atlantic 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1970
General characteristics
Class & type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons
Length	286 ft (87 m) p/p 307 ft 3 in (93.65 m) o/a
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) standard 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) full
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nautical miles (17,590 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph), 730 tons oil fuel
Complement	114
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