| Name: | LOCH SHIN |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate |
| Keel: | 06/09/1943 |
| Launched: | 23/02/1944 |
| Completed: | 10/10/1944 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1786 |
| Dimensions: | 1435disp - 2260disp, 286.0 x 38.5 x 8.75(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (18.5, 31 & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 5500hp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 2 x 40mm AA, 8 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 2 x 3 x Squid anti-submarine mortars; 2 x depth charge throwers | |
| History: | |
| 10/10/1944 | British Royal Navy |
| 13/09/1948 | Royal New Zealand Navy; renamed TAUPO |
| 15/12/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Loch Class of Frigates |
| 15/12/1961: Sold for breaking up |
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