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HMCS Loch Morlich (K517)
History
HMS Loch MorlichUnited Kingdom
NameLoch Morlich
NamesakeLoch Morlich
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered13 February 1943
BuilderSwan Hunter
Laid down15 July 1943
Launched25 January 1944
IdentificationPennant number: K 517
FateTransferred to Royal Canadian Navy on completion. Returned 1945 and reduced to reserve fleet 1945 , Sold to New Zealand 1948
HMS Loch MorlichCanada
NameLoch Morlich
OperatorRoyal Canadian Navy
Commissioned17 July 1944
Decommissioned20 June 1945
Identificationpennant number: K 517
FateReturned to United Kingdom 1945
HMS Loch MorlichNew Zealand
NameTutira
NamesakeLake Tūtira
OperatorRoyal New Zealand Navy
AcquiredApril 1949
Commissioned19 April 1949
DecommissionedSeptember 1951
IdentificationPennant number: F 517
Honours and
awards		Korea 1950–51[1]
FateScrapped 1966
General characteristics
Class and typeLoch-class frigate
Displacement1,435 tons
Length307 ft 9 in (93.80 m)
Beam38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts
  • 4-cylinder vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 hp (4,100 kW), or;
  • Parsons single reduction geared turbines, 6,500 shp (4,800 kW)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Range9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement114
Armament
  • 1 × QF 4-inch Mark V on 1 single mounting HA Mk.III**
  • 4 × QF 2 pounder Mk.VII on 1 quad mount Mk.VII
  • 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III)
  • Up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III
  • 2 × Squid triple-barrelled A/S mortars
  • 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges

HMS Loch Morlich was a Loch-class frigate that never saw service with the Royal Navy. Ordered during World War II, she saw service instead with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Loch Morlich in Scotland. After the war she was returned to the Royal Navy and she was sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy and renamed Tutira.

Loch Morlich which was ordered from Swan Hunter on 13 February 1943. She was laid down 15 July 1943 and launched 25 January 1944. Upon completion she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned on 17 July 1944, at Wallsend-on-Tyne.[2][3]

  1. ^ "HMS LOCH MORLICH (K 517), later HMNZS TUTIRA – Loch-class Frigate". naval-history.net. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.
  3. ^ "HMCS Loch Morlich (K 517)". uboat.net. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

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