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| Career New Zealand |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Loch class frigate |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 1966 |
| Status: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1435 tons |
| Length: | 286 ft p/p, 307.25 ft o/a |
| Beam: | 38.5 feet |
| Draught: | 8.75 ft standard, 13.25 ft full |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts
4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp or Parsons single reduction geared turbines, 6,500 shp |
| Speed: | 20 kt |
| Range: | 730 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nm at 12 kt |
| Complement: | 114 |
| Armament: | 1 x QF 4 inch Mark V on one single mounting HA MkIII**
4 x QF 2 pounder MkVII on 1 quad mount MkVII 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts MkV (or 2 x 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III) up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts MkIII 2 x Squid triple barreled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges |
HMS Loch Eck (K422), was a Loch class frigate of the Royal Navy during World War II, named after Loch Eck in Scotland. She was launched on 25 April 1944 and sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 October 1948.
