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    December 1944. Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy in 1949 as Rotoiti. HMS Loch Killin (K391) – built by Burntisland Shipbuilding, laid down 22 June 1943...
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    on HMS Hadleigh Castle; it went on to be installed on 70 frigates and corvettes during the Second World War. The first successful use was by HMS Loch Killin...
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    HMS Starling, pennant number U66, was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second...
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    U-333 was sunk west of the Scilly Isles by Starling and the frigate Loch Killin on 31 July 1944. U-608 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by Wren and a B-24...
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  • different tactics of the escorts. In 1945 Loch Fada and Loch Killin were transferred, to be replaced by Loch Ruthven, Tobago, and Labuan. As 2 SG grappled...
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  • 1944 First use of Squid. HMS Starling and HMS Loch Killin U-334 1941 VIIC 0 0 0 0 2 14,372 0 0 0 0 Sunk 14 June 1943 HMS Jed & HMS Pelican U-335 1941 VIIC...
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  • frigate Loch Killin of the 2nd Support Group. All 45 hands were lost. U-333 took part in nine wolfpacks, namely: Zieten (17 – 22 January 1942) Blücher...
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  • HMS Loch Killin, there were 19 survivors and 28 dead. The U-boat captain, Oberleutnant zur See Reinhard Reff, had fired a torpedo at HMS Loch Killin and...
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  • 6 August 1944 HMS Loch Killin U-737 1942 VIIC Paul Brasack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 19 December 1944 Collision with MRS 25 U-738 1942 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0...
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    HMS Wren (U28) was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was active during the Second World War and was a successful anti-submarine warfare...
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