| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Loch |
| Pennant | K 433 |
| Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) : Whites M.E. |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1943 |
| Laid down | 17 Nov 1943 |
| Launched | 10 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 20 Oct 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Malaysian Navy 2 October 1964 and renamed Hang Tuag. |
Commands listed for HMS Loch Insh (K 433)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward William Charles Dempster, RNVR | 16 Aug 1944 | 19 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Loch Insh include:
22 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, RNVR) and HMS Antigua (A/Lt.Cdr. E.L. Donkin, RNR). (1)
29 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-307 was sunk in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position 69°24'N, 33°44'E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR).
29 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-286 was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia, in position 69°29'N, 33°37'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Cotton (Lt.Cdr. I.W.T. Beloe, RN).
Sources
- ADM 173/19365
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.