HMS Loch Lomond (K437)

	Loch Lomond in October 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Lomond
Namesake	Loch Lomond
Ordered	2 February 1943
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland
Laid down	7 December 1943
Launched	19 June 1944
Completed	16 November 1944
Commissioned	November 1944
Decommissioned	April 1946
Recommissioned	22 September 1950
Decommissioned	19 December 1964
Stricken	February 1965
Identification	Pennant number K437/F437
Motto	Si je puis; ("If I can");
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1968
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	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 Lomond was a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. The ship was named after Loch Lomond in Scotland.

The ship was ordered from Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland on 2 February 1943, and laid down on 7 December 1943. Launched on 19 June 1944, and completed on 16 November 1944, the ship was commissioned soon after.

History
Loch Lomond in October 1944
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Lomond
Namesake	Loch Lomond
Ordered	2 February 1943
Builder	Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee, Scotland
Laid down	7 December 1943
Launched	19 June 1944
Completed	16 November 1944
Commissioned	November 1944
Decommissioned	April 1946
Recommissioned	22 September 1950
Decommissioned	19 December 1964
Stricken	February 1965
Identification	Pennant number K437/F437
Motto	Si je puis ("If I can")
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1968
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	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