Allied Warships
HMCS Loch Alvie (K 428)
Frigate of the Loch class
HMCS Loch Alvie during or shortly after the war.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 428 |
| Built by | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 2 Feb 1943 |
| Laid down | 31 Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 14 Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 10 Aug 1944 |
| End service | 11 Jun 1945 |
| History | During her wartime career she mostly served on convoy duty between Iceland and Murmansk, Russia. Decommissioned 11 June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Loch Alvie (K 428)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ernest George Old, RCNR | 6 May 1944 | 11 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Alvie include:
6 Feb 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMCS Monnow (Cdr. E.G. Skinner, DSO, RCNR), HMCS Nene (T/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Shaw, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Alvie (T/Lt.Cdr. Ernest George Old, RCNR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20257
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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