HMCS Loch Alvie (K428)
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Name: | HMCS Loch Alvie (K428) |
| Builder: | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland |
| Laid down: | August 31, 1943 |
| Launched: | April 14, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | October 8, 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | November 6, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | LOCH Class |
| Displacement: | 2,260 tons full load |
| Length: | 93.6 meters (307 feet) |
| Beam: | 11.9 meters (39 feet) |
| Draught: | 2.7 meters (9 feet) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, VTE, 2 boilers, 5,500 ihp |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Complement: | 141 |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
HF/DF (High Frequency Direction Finder) |
| Armament: | 1 4" Mk.VIC single, 1 quad 2 Pdr., 2 20mm twin guns, 2 20mm single guns, 2 Squid ASW mortar, 2 depth charge throwers. |
HMCS Loch Alvie (K428) was a Loch Class Frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. She was on loan from the Royal Navy and served as a convoy escort, mostly on convoys between Iceland and Murmansk.
