Allied Warships

HMS Loch Fyne (K 429)

Frigate of the Loch class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassLoch 
PennantK 429 
Built byBurntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Burntisland, Scotland): Rowan 
Ordered2 Feb 1943 
Laid down8 Dec 1943 
Launched24 May 1944 
Commissioned9 Nov 1944 
End service 
History

Scrapped in August 1970.

 

Commands listed for HMS Loch Fyne (K 429)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Henry Herbert Dietrich MacKillican, DSC, RD, RNR9 Aug 19447 Aug 1945
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Reginald Frederick James Maberley, RNVR7 Aug 1945mid 1946

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Notable events involving Loch Fyne include:


26 Dec 1944
HMS Colossus (Capt. G.H. Stokes,CB, DSC, RN) conducted D/G trials in the Firth of Forth following which she departed for Greenock. Around 1500A/26, when off the boom gate she was joined by the destroyers HMS Obedient (Lt.Cdr. H. Unwin, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Orwell (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Gower, DSC, RN) as escorts.

The destroyers parted company around 0620A/27.

Around 0915A/27, the frigate HMS Loch Fyne (Lt.Cdr. H.H.D. MacKillican, DSC, RD, RNR) joined as escort.

Around 1635A/27, HMS Loch Fyne parted company.

Around 1915A/27, HMS Colossus anchored off Greenock. (1)

31 Dec 1944
Around 1330A/31, the destroyers ORP Blyskawica (Cdr. K.F. Namiesniowski), HrMs Tjerk Hiddes (Lt.Cdr. N.W. Sluijter, RNethN) and HMS Impulsive (Lt.Cdr. C.S. Battersby, RN) departed Plymouth to escort the escort carrier HMS Empress (Capt. H.A. Traill, OBE, RN) and dock landing ship Eastway (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.A. Fletcher, RNR) part of the way from Plymouth to Belfast.

Around 0150A/1, the frigate HMS Loch Fyne (Lt.Cdr. H.H.D. MacKillican, DSC, RD, RNR) joined and ORP Blyskawica and HrMs Tjerk Hiddes parted company to return to Plymouth. Shortly afterwards HMS Impulsive also parted company to proceed to Cardiff.

ORP Blyskawica and HrMs Tjerk Hiddes returned to Plymouth around 0730A/1. HMS Impulsive proceeded to Cardiff where she also arrived on 1 January 1945.

HMS Empress, HMS Eastway and HMS Loch Fyne arrived at Belfast around 2000A/1. (2)

5 Apr 1945
HMS Tactician (Lt.Cdr. L.N.A. Jewell, DSC, MBE, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Loch Fyne (Lt.Cdr. H.H.D. MacKillican, DSC, RD, RNR). (3)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/119165
  2. File 2.12.03.2101 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  3. ADM 173/19808

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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