HMS Loch Katrine (K625)
Loch Katrine in December 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Loch Katrine |
| Namesake | Loch Katrine |
| Ordered | 25 January 1943 |
| Builder | Henry Robb, Leith |
| Yard number | 347 |
| Laid down | 31 December 1943 |
| Launched | 21 August 1944 |
| Completed | 29 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | May 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number K625/F625 |
| Fate | Sold to New Zealand, 1948 |
| New Zealand | |
| Name | HMNZS Rotoiti |
| Acquired | 1948 |
| Commissioned | 7 May 1949 |
| Decommissioned | April 1953 |
| Recommissioned | February 1957 |
| Decommissioned | August 1965 |
| Identification | F625 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 114 |
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HMS Loch Katrine was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy, built by Henry Robb at Leith, Scotland, and named after Loch Katrine in Scotland. The ship was laid down on 31 December 1943, launched on 21 August 1944, and completed and commissioned in December 1944. The ship served in World War II as a convoy escort in the Atlantic, and afterwards in the Indian Ocean. Decommissioned in May 1946, the ship was sold to New Zealand in 1948, and renamed HMNZS Rotoiti (F625). The ship saw active service during the Korean War, and was finally sold for scrap in 1965.