HMS Loch Alvie (K428)

HMCS Loch Alvie
History
United Kingdom
Name	Loch Alvie
Namesake	Loch Alvie, Scotland
Ordered	2 February 1943
Builder	Barclay, Curle & Company, Whiteinch, Glasgow
Yard number	700
Laid down	31 August 1943
Launched	14 April 1944
Commissioned	1950
Decommissioned	November 1963
Canada
Name	Loch Alvie
Commissioned	10 August 1944
Decommissioned	11 June 1945
Honours and awards	Arctic 1944–45 English Channel 1945[1]
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 20 September 1965
General characteristics
Class and type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
Length	307 ft 9 in (93.80 m)
Beam	38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 hp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
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 barreled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges

HMS Loch Alvie was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy, named after Loch Alvie in Scotland. She was ordered by the Royal Navy during World War II, but did not see action with them, having transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before commissioning. After the war she returned to the Royal Navy and would pass in and out of service until 1963.