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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name=HMS Loch Shin | Ship namesake= | Ship builder=Swan Hunter | Ship laid down=6 September 1943 | Ship launched=23 February 1944 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship identification=pennant number K421 | Ship fate=Transferred to New Zealand, 1948 | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=New Zealand | New Zealand|naval-1941}} | Ship name=HMNZS Taupo | Ship namesake= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=1948 | Ship decommissioned=1952 | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship identification=F423 | Ship fate=scrapped 1962 | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Loch|frigate}} | Ship displacement=1,435 tons | 286|ft|m|abbr=on}} p/p- {{convert|307.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a
| 38.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 8.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} standard- {{convert|13.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} full
| Ship propulsion=2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, {{convert|5,500|ihp|kW|abbr=on}} or Parsons single reduction geared turbines, {{convert|6,500|shp|kW|abbr=on}} | 20|kn|km/h}} | 9500|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}} | Ship complement=114 | Ship sensors= | Ship armament=1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on one single mounting HA MkIII** 4 × QF 2 pounder MkVII on 1 quad mount MkVII 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts MkV (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III) up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts MkIII 2 × Squid triple barreled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges | Ship notes=
}} | HMNZS Taupo, originally HMS Loch Shin, was a {{sclass2-|Loch|frigate}}, which served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and then in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1948 to 1961. She was scrapped in 1962. Service historyRoyal Navy serviceOn Commissioning in October 1944 Loch Shin was allocated for service in the Western Approaches.[1] On 4 February 1945 she participated in attacks on the German submarine {{GS|U-1014|3=2}}, which was sunk. The following month she was allocated for escorting Russian convoys. At the end of the war and during 1946 she was employed on Operation Deadlight to sink captured German U-Boats. She was paid off from Royal Navy service in June 1947 and was reduced to reserve status. Royal New Zealand Navy serviceIn early 1948 Loch Shin{{'}}s sale to New Zealand was negotiated and she was re-fitted at Chatham before sale. Her name was changed to HMNZS Taupo and her pennant number was changed to F421. During her service with the RNZN she served in the Pacific and Mediterranean and in 1951 and 1952 was deployed for service in the Korean War. Her service included shore bombardment operations. She paid off at the end of 1952 and was held in reserve status at Auckland. She was sold for scrapping on 15 December 1961.[2] See also- Frigates of the Royal New Zealand Navy
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-15Fr-Loch-HMS_Loch_Shin.htm |title=HMS Loch Shin (K 421) - Loch Class Frigate |publisher=naval-history.net |date=2004 |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |editor=Gordon Smith |accessdate=16 November 2015}}
2. ^{{cite book|editor=Raymond V B Blackman |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |location=London |pages=184}}
Bibliography- {{colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=McDougall |first=R J |date=1989 |title=New Zealand Naval Vessels |pages=37–41 |publisher=Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-477-01399-4}}
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