Frigates: Loch Class; HMNZS Kaniere

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Frigates: Loch Class; HMNZS Kaniere

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A typical messdeck,pictured on Loch Class Frigate HMNZS Kaniere in 1954.
HMNZS Kaniere was one of six Loch Class Frigates that the New Zealand government purchased in 1948. She was a Second World War design of Anti-Submarine Frigate and had been commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Loch Achray in February 1945. She escorted convoys in the latter stages of the war across the Atlantic. After the German unconditional surrender in May 1945 she escorted U-boats from Germany to Loch Ryan. She was then sent to Singapore as part of the Royal Navy Fleet,resuming control after the Japanese surrender in August 1945. She returned to the United Kingdom in mid-1946 and went into reserve.
In February 1948 she was taken out of reserve to be sold to the New Zealand government. The ships were to be refitted before they entered service with the RNZN. The refit took place between July and August at HM Dockyard Portsmouth. Harbour trials were conducted in September. Kaniere cost the government £232,750.
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In the foreground is Loch Class Frigate HMNZS Kaniere (Ex HMS Loch Achray) with Dido Class Cruiser HMNZS Bellona over at Circular Quay,Sydney in 1949.
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Also HMNZS Pukaki (F424) Loch class frigate (ex HMS Achanalt) far right outboard.

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Loch Class Frigate HMNZS Kaniere (Ex HMS Loch Achray) pictured as she departs Auckland for deployment in Korea in 1953.
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Loch Class Frigates HMNZS Kaniere, Tutira and Taupo (no pennant No), pictured at Hobart in November 1949.
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