| HMS Lossie (K303) | |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Namesake: | River Lossie |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal |
| Laid down: | 2 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 30 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 January 1946 |
| Notes: | Ordered 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 & type: | River-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 |
| Beam: | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) |
| Range: | 646 long tons (656 t) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 140 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Lossie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Navy from 1943-1946.
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.
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 $3 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.
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.
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