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HMS Loch Insh (K 433)

Frigate of the Loch class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassLoch 
PennantK 433 
Built byHenry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) : Whites M.E. 
Ordered 
Laid down17 Nov, 1943 
Launched10 May, 1944 
Commissioned20 Oct, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Malaysian Navy 2 October 1964 and renamed Hang Tuag.
Scrapped in 1977.

Commanding Officer:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward William Charles Dempster, RNVR
16 August 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
DSC awarded on 21 August 1945 


Noteable events involving Loch Insh include:

29 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-286 was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia, in position 69º29'N, 33º37'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Cotton (Lt.Cdr. I.W.T. Beloe, RN). (see map)

29 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-307 was sunk in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position 69º24'N, 33º44'E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR). (see map)


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