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HMS Loch More 1945 IWM FL 14802.jpg

Loch More in March 1945

History

United Kingdom
Name:
HMS Loch More
Namesake:
Loch More
Builder:
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
Laid down:
16 March 1944
Launched:
3 October 1944
Commissioned:
24 February 1945
Identification:
pennant number K639
Fate:
Scrapped Thos W Ward, August 1963
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)
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)
Range:
9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
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 More was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy named after Loch More in Scotland.[1]



References




  1. ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (1998). Gordon Smith, ed. "HMS Loch More (K 639) - Loch-class Frigate". naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 May 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




Publications



  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.







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