| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 517 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 13 Feb 1943 |
| Laid down | 15 Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 17 Jul 1944 |
| End service | 20 Jun 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 20 June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Loch Morlich (K 517)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Lewendon Foxall, RCNR | 6 Mar 1944 | 18 Dec 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. George Frederick Crosby, RCNVR | 19 Dec 1944 | 25 May 1945 |
| 3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Gilmour, RCNR | 26 May 1945 | 20 Jun 1945 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
Notable events involving Loch Morlich include:
16 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Fowey (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR) and HMCS Loch Morlich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR). (1)
22 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Fowey (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR) and HMCS Loch Morlich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR). (1)
25 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Loch Morlich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR) and HMS Morpeth Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Pate, DSC, RNR). (1)
26 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Loch Morlich (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR) and HMS Morpeth Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Pate, DSC, RNR). (1)
Media links
|
Sources
- ADM 173/19420
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases.