| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 421 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 13 Feb 1943 |
| Laid down | 6 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 23 Feb 1944 |
| Commissioned | 10 Oct 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 3 September 1948 and renamed Taupo. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Shin (K 421)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alfred Laurence Turner, RNR | 10 Mar 1944 | 13 Nov 1944 |
| 2 | A/Lt.Cdr. Charles William Leadbetter, RNR | 13 Nov 1944 | Jan 1945 |
| 3 | Cdr. John Percy de Winton Kitcat, RN | Jan 1945 | mid 1945 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Percy Frederick Broadhead, RNR | mid 1945 | 31 Aug 1945 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Graham Butcher, DSC, RNVR | 31 Aug 1945 | 21 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Shin include:
4 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-1014 was sunk in the North Channel east of Malin Head, in position 55°17'N, 06°44'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Scavaig (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Hancock, RNR), HMS Nyasaland (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Scott, DSC, RNVR), HMS Papua (A/Lt.Cdr. C.W. Leadbetter, RNR) and HMS Loch Shin (Cdr. J.P. de W. Kitcat, RN).
8 Mar 1945
HMS Uproar (Lt. J.N. Devlin, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Shin (Cdr. J.P. de W. Kitcat, RN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20181
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.