Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Loch |
Pennant | K 424 |
Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) |
Ordered | 24 Jul 1942 |
Laid down | 13 Sep 1943 |
Launched | 23 Mar 1944 |
Commissioned | 31 Jul 1944 |
End service | 20 Jun 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 20 June 1945 and returned tp the Royal Navy. |
Commands listed for HMCS Loch Achanalt (K 424)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Richard Wallace Hart, RCNVR | 8 May 1944 | 24 Mar 1945 |
2 | T/Lt. Richard James Belt, RCNVR | 25 Mar 1945 | 20 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Achanalt include:
23 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (1)
27 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (1)
28 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (1)
1 Sep 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19420
- ADM 173/19421
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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