HMCS LOCH ACHANALT K424

Loch Class Frigate

Laid down: 13 Sep 1943

Launched: 23 Mar 1944

Commissioned: 31 Jul 1944

Paid off: 20 Jun 1945

Returned to the RN: 20 Jun 1945

Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy: 03 Sep 1948

Paid off: 1965

Fate: Broken up in 1966

Built at Leith, Scotland, she was commissioned on 31 Jul 1944. She worked up at Tobermory and joined EG 6 in Sep 1944 at Londonderry. LOCH ACHANALT served with the group until VE-Day on A/S patrol and support duty in U.K. waters, based for brief periods at Portsmouth and Plymouth. When the group was transferred to Halifax in Apr 1945, she accompanied it, but left Halifax on 29 May 1945 for Sheerness and there was paid off on 20 Jun 1945 and returned to the RN. She remained in reserve at Sheerness until 1948, when she was sold to the Royal New Zealand navy and renamed Pukaki. She was broken up at Hong Kong in 1966.

Photos and Documents Ship's company photos

Commanding Officers

A/LCdr Richard Wallace Hart, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944 - 26 May 1945

Lt Leonard Douglas Marne Sanders, RCNVR - 27 May 1945 - 20 Jun 1945

In memory of those who have crossed the bar

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

C44 = In sep 1944 crew photo

Alexander, R.V. (C44)

Baker, James Dewey, Lt (E), RCNR - 01 Apr 1944 / 31 Jul 1944

Ballantyne, Bill (C44)

Barker, Ronald (C44)

Beaudet, Rene (C44)

Belt, Richard James, Lt, RCNVR - 25 Mar 1945

Bishop, Paul (C44)

Brown, Earl (C44)

Brown, Gordon (C44)

Cassidy, Desmond (C44)

Centre, Don, LS (C44)

Clarke, Brian (C44)

Cowan, Denis Kay, Lt, RCNVR - 08 May 1944 / 31 Jul 1944

Dorrance, Stirling John, SLt, RCNVR - 07 May 1945

Fetterly, Allan Edgar, Lt, RCNVR - 08 May 1944 / 31 Jul 1944

Gorda, Bill (C44)

Hart, Richard Wallace, Lt, RCNVR - 08 May 1944 CO (C44)

Herdman, Tom (C44)

Hill, Roland, PO (C44)

Jespersen, Carl (C44)

Johnson, George, Lt, RCNVR - 08 May 1944 / 31 Jul 1944

Kavanaugh, Ted (C44)

Kelly, John Joseph Eugene, A/Lt, RCNVR - 08 May 1944 / 31 Jul 1944

Laval, Joseph (C44)

Love, John (C44)

MacDonald, Robert Murray, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 13 Jul 1944 / 31 Jul 1944

Naftel, John (C44)

Newton, Bill (C44)

Pinkcombe, (Pinky) (C44)

Polley, Charles (C44)

Robertshaw, Ivan (C44)

Salerno, Nick (C44)

Schmaus, Jack (C44)

Seymour, Bill (C44)

Sikorski, Adolph, LS (C44)

Smith, W.C. (Bud) (C44)

Strachan, Doug, CPO (C44)

Sturk, Sid (C44)

Sullivan, Pat (C44)

Taylor, PO Tel (POTS) (C44)

Thomas, Leslie (C44)

Tierney, Frank (C44)

Williams, Robert (C44)

Photos and Documents

	HMS LOCH ACHANALT K424 underway in coastal waters. Source: IWM Ministery of Defence Foxhill Collection of Ship Photographs FL 14960
	HMNZS Pukaki F424 Courtesy of Gordy Credit: The Late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia
	Newspaper on the commissioning of HMCS LOCH ACHANALT Courtesy of Doug Benson
	HMCS LOCH ACHANALT From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore
	HMCS LOCH ACHANALT From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore
	Bridge and Fo'c's'le of HMCS LOCH ACHANALT - photo taken from crow's next From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore
	Looking aft from the crow's nest on HMCS LOCH ACHANALT From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore
	HMCS LOCH ACHANALT From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore
	PO SBA Carmen S. Moore on HMCS LOCH ACHANALT From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore From Ian Moore - LOCH ACHANALT's escort group was involved in sinking of U-1006 by HMCS Annan. LOCH ACHANALT stopped to pickup survivors from U-1006 - one of whom named Karl Deeg had shrapnel removed from his neck/back by dad. (I had his dog tag souvenir). What dad did not know was that while LOCH ACHANALT was stopped, U-1003 apparently fired a 3 torpedo spread at her. Fortunately for me, born in 46, they all missed.
	PO SBA Carmen S. Moore on HMCS LOCH ACHANALT From the collection of Carmen Moore Courtesy of Ian Moore
	HMCS LOCH ACHANALT K424 From the collection of Russell Robinson Courtesy of Paul Robinson

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