HMS Loch Killin (K391)

Loch Killin in May 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Killin
Namesake	Loch Killin
Ordered	6 March 1943
Builder	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Yard number	283
Laid down	2 June 1943
Launched	29 November 1943
Completed	12 April 1944
Commissioned	April 1944
Decommissioned	September 1945
Identification	Pennant number K391
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944 Biscay 1944 English Channel 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
Length	286 ft (87 m) p/p 307 ft 3 in (93.65 m) o/a
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) standard 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) full
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph), 730 tons oil fuel
Complement	114
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark V gun on 1 single mounting HA Mk.III** 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) guns 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 Killin was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy, named after Loch Killin in Scotland. The ship was laid down at Burntisland Shipbuilding Company's yard in Fife on 2 June 1943, and launched on 29 November 1943. She was one of the first vessels armed with the brand new Squid anti-submarine mortar. Decommissioned in September 1945, the ship was put into Reserve, and finally scrapped on 24 August 1960.^[1]