HMS Loch Eck (K422)
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| Career (New Zealand) |  |
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| Commissioned: | 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Loch class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,435 tons |
| Length: | 286 ft (87 m) p/p 307 feet 3 inches (93.6 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8.75 ft (2.67 m) standard 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m) full |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp, or Parsons single reduction geared turbines, 6,500 shp |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,590 km) at 12 kt, 730 tons oil fuel |
| Complement: | 114 |
| Armament: | 1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on 1 single mounting HA Mk.III** 4 × QF 2 pounder Mk.VII on 1 quad mount Mk.VII 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III) Up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III 2 × Squid triple barrelled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges |
HMS Loch Eck (K422), was a Loch class frigate of the Royal Navy during World War II, named after Loch Eck in Scotland.
She was launched on 25 April 1944 and sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 October 1948.
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