Allied Warships

HMS Loch Katrine (K 625)

Frigate of the Loch class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassLoch 
PennantK 625 
Built byHenry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) : Plenty 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Dec 1943 
Launched21 Aug 1944 
Commissioned29 Dec 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 7 July 1949 and renamed Rotoiti.
Decommissioned in August 1965.
Sold to be broken up for scrap in September 1966.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR
14 October 1944 - 9 February 1945

Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, DSO, RN
9 February 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Loch Katrine (K 625)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR14 Oct 19449 Feb 1945
2Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, DSO, RN9 Feb 194523 Jan 1946

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