HMS Loch Achray (K426)

HMS Loch Achray
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Achray
Namesake	Loch Achray
Ordered	25 January 1943
Builder	Smiths Dock Co., Ltd.
Yard number	1130
Laid down	13 December 1943
Launched	7 July 1944
Commissioned	1 February 1945
Decommissioned	July 1946
Identification	Pennant number K426
Honours and awards	Atlantic, 1945
Fate	Sold to Royal New Zealand Navy, 7 September 1948
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Kaniere
Namesake	Lake Kaniere
Acquired	7 September 1948
Commissioned	27 September 1948
Decommissioned	1961
Reclassified	Training ship, 1957
Homeport	Auckland
Identification	pennant number F426
Motto	Kia Maia ("Be firm")
Honours and awards	Korea, 1953
Fate	Sold for scrapping, September 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 tons
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 hp (4,100 kW)
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 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III 2 × Squid triple barrelled A/S mortars One rail and two throwers for depth charges

HMS Loch Achray was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Smith's Dock Co. Ltd. in South Bank-on-Tees and launched on 7 July 1944. After service in World War II, she was sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy and renamed HMNZS Kaniere (F426) in September 1948. After service in the Korean War, she was used as a training ship from 1957. She was sold in 1966 for breaking up in Hong Kong.