Loch-class frigate
Royal Navy
1942 War Programme (4 ships): 1943 War Programme (26 completed including 2 modified as Coastal Forces Depot Ships): HMS Loch Achray (K426) – built by Smith's Dock, laid down 13 December 1943, launched 7 July 1944 and completed 1 February 1945.

Loch-class frigate

Section Title: Royal Navy
Table Section Text: 1942 War Programme (4 ships): 1943 War Programme (26 completed including 2 modified as Coastal Forces Depot Ships): HMS Loch Achray (K426) – built by Smith's Dock, laid down 13 December 1943, launched 7 July 1944 and completed 1 February 1945.

Name	Pennant number	Builder	Ordered	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate

HMS Loch Achanalt (K424)	K424	Henry Robb Limited, Leith	24 July 1942	14 September 1942 as River-class frigate Naver, later changed to Loch class	23 September 1943	11 August 1944	Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy on completion, returned to Royal Navy on 20 June 1945. Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy on 13 September 1948 as HMNZS Pukaki.

HMS Loch Fada (K390)	K390	John Brown & Company, Clydebank	19 January 1943	8 June 1943	14 December 1943	14 April 1944	Sold 21 May 1970 for breaking up at Faslane.

HMS Loch Dunvegan (K425)	K425	Charles Hill & Sons, Bristol	January 1943	29 September 1943	25 March 1944	30 June 1944	Broken up August 1960 at T. W. Ward, Briton Ferry.

HMS Loch Eck (K422)	K422	Smith's Dock, South Bank, M'borough	25 January 1943	25 October 1943	25 April 1944	7 November 1944	Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 October 1948 as HMNZS Hawea. Sold in September 1965 for breaking up in Hong Kong.

Sentence(s)

HMCS Loch Achanalt (K424) was returned to the Royal Navy in 1945.

final_sentence: HMCS Loch Achanalt (K424) was returned to the Royal Navy in 1945.