HMS Loch Alvie (K428)
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HMS Loch Alvie was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy, named after Loch Alvie in Scotland. She was ordered by the Royal Navy during World War II, but did not see action with them, having transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before commissioning. After the war she returned to the Royal Navy and would pass in and out of service until 1963.
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HMCS Loch Alvie | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Loch Alvie |
Namesake | Loch Alvie, Scotland |
Ordered | 2 February 1943 |
Builder | Barclay, Curle & Company, Whiteinch, Glasgow |
Yard number | 700 |
Laid down | 31 August 1943 |
Launched | 14 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 1950 |
Decommissioned | November 1963 |
Canada | |
Name | Loch Alvie |
Commissioned | 10 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 11 June 1945 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 20 September 1965 |
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 |
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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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