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HMS Loch Fada (K 390)

Frigate of the Loch class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassLoch 
PennantK 390 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Jun, 1943 
Launched14 Dec, 1943 
Commissioned10 Apr, 1944 
End service27 Oct, 1967 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned on 27 October 1967.
Used as a floating platform for test firing of Sea Wolf missiles off the quarter deck on the MOD range at Luce Bay, Scotland.
Arrived at Faslane to be scrapped on 28 May 1970.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Benjamin Andrew Rogers, RD, RNR
4 February 1944 - 3 September 1945
DSC awarded on 3 July 1945

T/Cdr. R.H. Marchington, MBE, RNVR
3 September 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Loch Fada include:

27 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-327 was sunk in the west part of the Channel, in position 49º46'N, 05º47'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Labuan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. V.D.H. Bidwell, DSC, RNR) and HMS Loch Fada (Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Wild Goose (Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)

27 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-1018 was sunk in the Channel south of Penzance, in position 49º56'N, 05º20'W, by depth charges (Squid) from the British frigate HMS Loch Fada (Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR). Two survivors were picked up by the frigate. (see map)


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