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HMS Loch Eck (K 422)

Frigate of the Loch class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassLoch 
PennantK 422 
Built bySmith's Dock (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Oct, 1943 
Launched25 Apr, 1944 
Commissioned7 Nov, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 October 1948 and renamed Hawea.
Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1965.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Ronald Clifford Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR
4 July 1944 - 30 March 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. W. McInnes, RNR
30 March 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Loch Eck include:

3 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-1279 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, in approximate position 61º21'N, 02º00'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Bourke, DSC, RD, RNZNR), HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN) and HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR). (see map)

14 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-989 was sunk in the Northern Sea at the Faeroe Islands, in position 61º36'N, 01º35'W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Bourke, DSC, RD, RNZNR), HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN), HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Loch Dunvegan (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR). (see map)

17 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-1278 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, Norway in position 61º32'N, 01º36'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Bourke, DSC, RD, RNZNR) and HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR). (see map)


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