HMS Loch Fyne ( K429 ) HMS " Loch Fyne " ( K429 / F429 ) was a Loch - class frigate of the British Royal Navy , built by the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd , Burntisland , Fife , Scotland , and named after Loch Fyne in Scotland . The ship was launched in 1944 , and served at the end of World War II . Recommissioned in 1951 , she served in the Persian Gulf and was scrapped in 1970 . Service history . World War II . Commissioned in November 1944 , after sea trials and modifications " Loch Fyne " joined the 18th Escort Group on 22 December to support convoys on the UK – Gibraltar route . On 27 February 1945 the ship transferred to " Force 38 " in the South - Western Approaches for anti - submarine patrols . On 9 April she transferred to Task Group 122 . 2 , based at Portsmouth , to provide convoy support in the English Channel . After the German surrender in May 1945 , " Loch Fyne " was transferred to Scapa Flow to serve with the Home Fleet supporting the re - occupation of Norway , escorting captured U - boat s from Trondheim to Loch Ryan as part of " Operation Deadlight " . After a refit , in September 1945 she sailed for service with the East Indies Escort Force in the Indian Ocean , repatriating former prisoners of war and internees , and was deployed for Air - Sea Rescue duties while based at Trincomalee . The ship returned to Portsmouth in April 1946 and was decommissioned . Home Fleet , 1951 – 1952 . " Loch Fyne " remained in reserve , and her Pennant number was changed to F429 in 1948 . Refitted in 1950 , the ship was commissioned for service with the 6th Frigate Flotilla , Home Fleet , in January 1951 . She sustained damage due to a premature depth charge explosion during sea trials , and so did not join the Flotilla until April , to take part in the search for missing submarine . Exercises and visits occupied her until March 1952 , when she was decommissioned for modernisation at Henderson ' s shipyard in Glasgow , and was then placed in reserve . Persian Gulf , 1956 – 1963 . " Loch Fyne " was recommissioned on 14 February 1956 for service in Persian Gulf . In May she sailed from Plymouth , arriving at Bahrain in June . Patrolling in the southern Gulf and off the coast of Oman , in July she assisted the disabled Swedish tanker MV " Julius " . In October she patrolled the northern Gulf and joined exercises with the Iranian Navy . In January 1957 she assisted the Norwegian tanker " Gilda " which had run aground on the Iranian coast . In April she sailed from Aden to the Seychelles , then returned to the UK in June , via Mombasa , Freetown and Gibraltar . After a refit she returned to the Gulf in December , and was deployed as Guard ship at Shatt al - Arab during the Iranian revolution in July 1958 . In December " Loch Fyne " and the cruiser were at Aqaba when British troops withdrew from Jordan , and she then returned to Devonport to refit . " Loch Fyne " returned to Bahrain in July 1959 for continuing duty in the Gulf as part of the 9th Frigate Squadron , carrying out patrols and exercises . In January 1960 she sailed to Bombay for multi - national exercises in the Indian Ocean ( " Exercise Jet " ) . She then returned to Devonport , arriving on 8 April . After a refit she returned to the 9th Frigate Squadron at Bahrain on 23 December 1960 . In January 1961 she sailed to Karachi for repairs to her sonar dome after anti - submarine exercises revealed it to be defective . She then patrolled the coasts of the Trucial States , Oman , and Aden , and took part in Fleet exercises . In April 1961 she went to the assistance of the passenger ship which was on fire after an explosion , but despite the best efforts of " Loch Fyne " and , the ship foundered while under tow . A routine docking at Karachi in June 1961 was cancelled , and ship quickly returned to the Persian Gulf to join " Task Force 317 " as part of " Operation Vantage " following threats to Kuwait ' s independence from Iraq . She eventually sailed to Karachi at the end of July before returning to the Gulf for further patrols off Kuwait until the end of August , when an international agreement made Kuwait ' s security the responsibility of the Arab League . In September she sailed for the East African coast to visit Zanzibar and Mombasa , before returning to the UK on 10 November . On 19 May 1962 she sailed from Portsmouth , arriving at Bahrain on 18 June for exercises and port visits to Muscat , Abu Dhabi , Abu Musa and Tunb . In November after a routine docking at Karachi she took part in the multi - national CENTO exercise " Midlink V " . The 1963 programme included the usual patrols and exercises in the southern Gulf , and visits to Dalma , Bombay , Al - Hallaniyah , Mombasa , and Tanga , before returning home in April , arriving at Devonport to decommission on 6 May 1963 . " Loch Fyne " was laid up in reserve at Devonport , and in 1964 was placed on the Disposal List . In 1970 she was sold for scrapping .