Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Pennant No. K628 (Later F628)

The Loch Killisport was one of six similar vessels in 1952 sailing under the command of the 6th Frigate Flotilla and based in Londonderry in Northern Ireland. At the time they were the only vessels in the Royal Navy to have insignias on the funnel, in this case the Red Hand of Ulster.

They were excellent in rough seas, handling extreme conditions as found in the Atlantic. Normal complement was 8 Officers and 113 Crew.

The first RN ship to go through the Suez Canal after the crisis.

Launched in 1944, the ship was not commissioned until July 1945, and served in post-war repatriation operations in the Far East until decommissioned in April 1946. During this time Prince Philip was an officer on board this ship. Recommissioned in 1950 she served in the Home Fleet for two years, before being extensively modernised for service in the Persian Gulf and Far East.

Loch Killisport was laid up in Reserve at Portsmouth. She was put on the Disposal List, and sold to the British Iron & Steel Company (BISCO) on 20 February 1970, for demolition by Hughes Bolcow. She arrived in tow at the breaker's yard in Blyth, Northumberland on 18 March.