Allied Warships
HMS Loch Tarbert (K 431)
Frigate of the Loch class
Photograph taken from HMCS Joliette by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR, first class stoker, official number V-4963.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 431 |
| Built by | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 30 Nov 1943 |
| Launched | 19 Oct 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22 Feb 1945 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 18 September 1959. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Tarbert (K 431)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. David Grant Matthews, RN | 8 Jan 1945 | 21 Mar 1945 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Graham Butcher, DSC, RNVR | 21 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. David Grant Matthews, RN | mid 1945 | 23 Jul 1945 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Walter Smith Thomson, OBE, RNR | 23 Jul 1945 | Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Tarbert include:
15 Apr 1945
HMS Universal (Lt. S.S. Brooks, DSC, RN), HMS Votary (Lt. P.M. Staveley, RN) and HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) departed Tobermory for Loch Alsh. They were escorted by HMS Loch Tarbert (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G. Butcher, DSC, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20127
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.