Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Loch |
Pennant | K 425 |
Built by | Charles Hill & Sons (Bristol, U.K.) : Fletcher |
Ordered | 19 Jan 1943 |
Laid down | 29 Sep 1943 |
Launched | 25 Mar 1944 |
Commissioned | 30 Jun 1944 |
End service | |
History | Scrapped 25 August 1960. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Dunvegan (K 425)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Edward Wheeler, RD, RNR | 21 Feb 1944 | 12 Aug 1945 |
2 | A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey William McGuiness, RNR | 12 Aug 1945 | 9 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Loch Dunvegan include:
24 Aug 1944
German U-boat U-354 was sunk in the Barents Sea north-east of North Cape, in position 72°49'N, 30°41'E, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Mermaid (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Mosse, RN) and the British frigate HMS Loch Dunvegan (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR).
14 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-989 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea north of the Shetland Islands, in position 61°36'N, 01°35'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Bourke, DSC, RD, RNZNR), HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN), HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Loch Dunvegan (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR).
5 Mar 1945
HMS Uproar (Lt. J.N. Devlin, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Dunvegan (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR), HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN) and HMS Philante (Cdr. M.J. Evans, OBE, RN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20181
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.