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Loch-class frigate

1944 class of British frigates
Class type of: frigate Q6664858

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
ship class
Inception
1944[21]
Follows
River-class frigate[9]
Followed by
Bay-class frigate[10]
Subclass of
frigate
Short name
Loch[27]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[20]
Described by source
uboat.net, The World Wars.net[25][26]
Manufacturer
Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Henry Robb, John Brown & Company, Swan Hunter, Smiths Dock Company, Barclay Curle, Harland and Wolff, Blyth Shipbuilding Company[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Named after
loch[8]
Operator
Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy, South African Navy[3][4][5][6][7]
Participated in conflict
World War II[22]
Service entry
1944[23]
Total produced
+28[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Loch-class frigate cs třída Loch es Clase Loch fa ناوچه کلاس لوخ fi Loch-luokka it Classe Loch (fregata) ja ロック級フリゲート pl Fregaty typu Loch uk Фрегати типу «Лох» zh Loch级巡防舰 zh 尼斯湖級巡防艦 zh-hant Loch級巡防艦
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2014001965
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
HMS Loch Fyne 1944 IWM FL 6093.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0749dn
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007586287905171
Topic's main category
Category:Loch-class frigates

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🔗 Connections
Manufacturer 5
Harland and Wolff, John Brown & Company, Swan Hunter, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Operator 5
Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, South African Navy
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
uboat.net
Followed by 1
Bay-class frigate
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Bay-class frigate
Follows 1
River-class frigate
Instance of 1
ship class
Named after 1
loch
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Preceded by (successor) 1
River-class frigate
Subclass of 1
frigate
Topic's main category 1
Category:Loch-class frigates
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Loch-class frigates
← Vessel class 1
HMSAS Natal
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Summary

Loch-class frigate is a ship class[1]. It is a type of frigate[2].

Related Entities

Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Harland and Wolff United Kingdom

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic's main category → Category:Loch-class frigates
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32120|batch #32120]]: Loch = Loch-class frigate 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z"
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