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HMS Loch Killin (K 391)

Frigate of the Loch class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassLoch 
PennantK 391 
Built byBurntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Burntisland, Scotland): Rowan 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Jun, 1943 
Launched29 Nov, 1943 
Commissioned12 Apr, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped 24 August 1960.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Stanley Darling, RANVR
22 November 1943 - 22 June 1945
DSC awarded on 7 November 1944
Bar to DSC awarded on 14 November 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.W. Hancock, RNR
22 June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Loch Killin include:

31 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-333 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of the Scilly Isles, in position 49º39'N, 07º28'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Starling (Cdr. N.W. Duck, DSC, RNR) and the British frigate HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR). (see map)

6 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-736 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, in position 47º19'N, 04º16'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR). (see map)

15 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-1063 was sunk in the English Channel west of Land´s End, in position 50º08'54"N, 03º53'24"W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, DSC and Bar, RANVR). (see map)


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