| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 434 |
| Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. (Blyth): White |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 3 Dec 1943 |
| Launched | 2 Sep 1944 |
| Commissioned | 11 Jan 1945 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 13 November 1957. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Quoich (K 434)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Gerald MacClelland, DSC, RN | 16 Oct 1944 | 24 May 1945 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Enda Bernard Healy, RNVR | 24 May 1945 | 17 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Quoich include:
20 Jan 1945
HMS Unshaken (Lt. J.S. Pearce, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Ness (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.S. Steel, RNR) and HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN). (1)
24 Jan 1945
HMS Unshaken (Lt. J.S. Pearce, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN) and HMS Vestal (Lt. C.W. Porter, DSC, RN). (1)
25 Jan 1945
HMS Unshaken (Lt. J.S. Pearce, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Ness (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.S. Steel, RNR), HMS Vestal (Lt. C.W. Porter, DSC, RN), HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN) and HMS Denbigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G. Butcher, DSC, RNVR). (1)
26 Jan 1945
HMS Unshaken (Lt. J.S. Pearce, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN), HMS Denbigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G. Butcher, DSC, RNVR), HMS Ness (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.S. Steel, RNR) and HMS Godetia (Lt. R.H. Nossiter, DSC, RANVR). (1)
2 Feb 1945
HMS Unshaken (Lt. J.S. Pearce, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN), HMS Jewel (???) and another vessel (unable to read the name in the log of HMS Unshaken). (2)
27 Feb 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN) and HMS Loch Katrine (Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (3)
2 Mar 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN) and HMS Loch Katrine (Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/20149
- ADM 173/20150
- ADM 173/20257
- ADM 173/20258
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.