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HMS Loch Glendhu (K619)

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Loch Glendhu in February 1945
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Loch Glendhu
NamesakeLoch Glendhu
Ordered2 February 1943
BuilderBurntisland Shipbuilding Company
Laid down29 May 1944
Launched18 October 1944
Commissioned23 February 1945
IdentificationPennant number K619
FateScrapped November 1957
General characteristics
Class and typeLoch-class frigate
Displacement1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
Length307 ft 9 in (93.8 m)
Beam38 ft 9 in (11.8 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement114
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

HMS Loch Glendhu was a Royal Navy Loch-class frigate named after Loch Glendhu in Scotland. She was built at the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company's shipyard in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland in 1944.

Publications

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  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.