HMS Lossie

History
United Kingdom
NamesakeRiver Lossie
BuilderCanadian Vickers, Montreal
Laid down2 October 1942
Launched30 April 1943
Commissioned14 August 1943
Decommissioned26 January 1946
NotesOrdered by United States Navy as PG-108. Transferred to RN before completion under the lend-lease program. Returned to the USN on 26 January 1946.
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,370 long tons (1,390 t)
  • 1,830 long tons (1,860 t) (deep load)
Length
  • 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p
  • 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp
Speed20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Range646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement140
Armament

HMS Lossie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.

Construction

Lossie was ordered by the United States Navy as PG-103 and was built to the RN's specifications as a Group II River-class frigate. She was laid down at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal on 2 October 1942 and launched on 30 April 1943. She was transferred on 12 August 1943 while still under construction from the USN to the RN under the auspices of the lend-lease program.[1]

She was commissioned 2 days later into the RN as HMS Lossie and was named after the River Lossie in Moray, Scotland which flows into the Moray Firth at Lossiemouth.

War service

Lossie saw extensive service on North Atlantic convoy escort missions and also saw service in the Indian Ocean.

It was during a patrol mission in the Indian Ocean that the freighter Nellore was sunk on 29 June 1944. Lossie picked up 112 crew from the Nellore the following week near the Chagos Archipelago and landed them at Addu Atoll.

Convoy escorts
Convoy code Route Convoy departure Began escort duty Ceased escort duty Convoy arrival
SC 148 Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England 1943-12-02 1943-12-06 1943-12-15 1943-12-16
HX 276 New York City, USA to Liverpool 1944-01-22 1944-02-03 1944-02-05 1944-02-07
ON 223 Liverpool to New York City 1944-02-07 1944-02-10 1944-02-11 1944-02-24
HX 278 New York City to Liverpool 1944-02-05 1944-02-16 1944-02-17 1944-02-20
ONS 029 Liverpool to Halifax 1944-02-12 1944-02-17 1944-02-19 1944-02-29
ON 224 Liverpool to New York City 1944-02-14 1944-02-17 1944-02-18 1944-03-02
KMF 029A Clyde, Scotland to Alexandria, Egypt 1944-03-03 1944-03-03 1944-03-17 1944-03-17
AJ 002/2 Aden to Colombo, Ceylon 1944-03-28 1944-03-28 1944-04-04 1944-04-04
CJ 023B Calcutta, India to Colombo 16/04/ 1944 1944-04-16 1944-04-18 1944-04-18
CX 024 Chagos Archipelago to Maldives to Colombo 1944-07-20 1944-07-20 1944-07-22 1944-07-22
KR 016/1 Calcutta to Rangoon, Burma 1945-07-09 1945-07-09 1945-07-11 1945-07-11

Post-war use

Lossie was decommissioned and stricken from the RN on 26 January 1946 and was returned to the USN at Boston, Massachusetts two days later as PG-103.

The USN sold her on 13 November 1946 to Cadio Compania de Navegacio S.A. of Panama and she was registered as Teti. She was sold in 1955 to Typaldos Brothers 88 Co. Ltd. of Piraeus, Greece and was registered as Adriatiki. She was wrecked in the Aegean Sea on 16 January 1968.

References

  1. ^ Campbell, p. 59

Sources

  • Campbell, N. J. M. (1980). "Great Britain (including Empire Forces)". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 2–85. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.