| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 391 |
| Built by | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Burntisland, Scotland): Rowan |
| Ordered | 6 Mar 1943 |
| Laid down | 22 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 29 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Apr 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 24 August 1960. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Killin (K 391)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Stanley Darling, RANVR | 22 Nov 1943 | 22 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Cecil William Hancock, RNR | 22 Jun 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Killin include:
30 Apr 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises in the Clyde area with HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR). (1)
16 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Evenlode (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.B. Medlycott, RNR), HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR), HMS Capel (Lt. B.G. Heslop, DSC, RN) and HNoMS Tunsberg Castle. (2)
20 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR) and HMS Caprice (Lt.Cdr. G.W. McKendrick, RN). (2)
25 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Stork (Cdr.(Retd.) G.W.E. Castens, DSO, RN), HMS Caprice (Lt.Cdr. G.W. McKendrick, RN) and HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR). (2)
27 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR), HMS Duncan (Lt. D.G.D. Hall-Wright, RN) and HMCS Orangeville (Lt. F.R. Pike, RCNVR). (2)
30 May 1944
HMS Una (Lt. C.A.J. Nicholl, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR) and HMS Duncan (Lt. D.G.D. Hall-Wright, RN). (2)
31 Jul 1944
German U-boat U-333 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of the Scilly Isles, in position 49°39'N, 07°28'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).
6 Aug 1944
German U-boat U-736 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay south-west of Lorient, France, in position 47°19'N, 04°16'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR).
6 Nov 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, RANVR) and HMS Wallflower (T/Lt. A.C. Martyn, RNVR). (3)
11 Apr 1945
HMS Universal (Lt. S.S. Brooks, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMCS Rivière du Loup (T/Lt. R.D. Weldon, RCNVR), HMCS Stellarton (T/Lt. M.G. McCarthy, RCNVR), HMCS Orkney (Cdr. J.M. Rowland, DSO, RN) and HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, DSC and Bar, RANVR). (4)
15 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-1063 was sunk in the English Channel west of Land?s End, in position 50°08'54"N, 03°53'24"W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Killin (Lt.Cdr. S. Darling, DSC and Bar, RANVR).
Sources
- ADM 173/19191
- ADM 173/19192
- File 2.12.03.6400 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/20127
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.