| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 625 |
| Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) : Plenty |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 31 Dec 1943 |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1944 |
| Commissioned | 29 Dec 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 7 July 1949 and renamed Rotoiti. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Katrine (K 625)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR | 14 Oct 1944 | 9 Feb 1945 |
| 2 | Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, DSO, RN | 9 Feb 1945 | 23 Jan 1946 |
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Notable events involving Loch Katrine include:
19 Jan 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Katrine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMS Denbigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G. Butcher, DSC, RNVR). (1)
22 Jan 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Katrine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMCS Teme (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, MBE, RCNR). (1)
23 Jan 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Loch Katrine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR), HMS Vestal (Lt. C.W. Porter, DSC, RN) and HMS Courier (A/Cdr. H.J.A.S. Jerome, DSO, RN). (1)
27 Feb 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN) and HMS Loch Katrine (Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (2)
2 Mar 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Loch Quoich (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, DSC, RN) and HMS Loch Katrine (Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (3)
3 Jul 1945
HMS Vulpine (Lt. W.D.S. Scott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Loch Quoich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.E.B. Healy, RNVR) and HMS Loch Katrine (Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (4)
4 Jul 1945
HMS Vulpine (Lt. W.D.S. Scott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Loch Quoich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.E.B. Healy, RNVR) and HMS Loch Katrine (Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/20187
- ADM 173/20257
- ADM 173/20258
- ADM 173/20366
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.