| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 422 |
| Built by | Smith's Dock (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 25 Oct 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Apr 1944 |
| Commissioned | 7 Nov 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 October 1948 and renamed Hawea. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Eck (K 422)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Ronald Clifford Freaker, DSO, DSC, RD, RNR | 4 Jul 1944 | 30 Mar 1945 |
| 2 | A/Lt.Cdr. William McInnes, RNR | 30 Mar 1945 | Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Eck include:
19 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Lauzon (T/Lt.Cdr. W. Woods, OBE, RCNR), HMS Narborough (Lt.Cdr. W.R. Muttram, DSC, RN), HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN). (1)
3 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-327 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea north-west of Bergen, in position 61°21'N, 02°00'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).
14 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-989 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea north of the Shetland Islands, in position 61°36'N, 01°35'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).
17 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-1278 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, Norway in position 61°32'N, 01°36'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).
4 Mar 1945
HMS Uproar (Lt. J.N. Devlin, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with 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). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/19365
- ADM 173/20181
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.