| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 429 |
| Built by | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Burntisland, Scotland): Rowan |
| Ordered | 2 Feb 1943 |
| Laid down | 8 Dec 1943 |
| Launched | 24 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 9 Nov 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in August 1970. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Fyne (K 429)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Henry Herbert Dietrich MacKillican, DSC, RD, RNR | 9 Aug 1944 | 7 Aug 1945 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Reginald Frederick James Maberley, RNVR | 7 Aug 1945 | mid 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
- ADM 53/119165
- File 2.12.03.2101 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19808
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.