HMS Loyal

HMS Loyal (G15)

Navy	Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	L
Pennant	G 15
Built by	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland)
Ordered	31 Mar, 1938
Laid down	23 Nov, 1938
Launched	8 Oct, 1941
Commissioned	31 Oct, 1942
End service	12 Oct, 1944
History	Heavily damaged by a mine in the Thyrhenian Sea off Italy, declared a constructive total loss. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 5 August 1948. *Commanding Officers:* Lt. Cdr. Hugo Edward Forbes Tweedie, RN 22 September 1942 – August 1944 DSC awarded on ??? Cdr. Godfrey Ransome, DSC, RN August 1944 - ??? After the mine damage in November 1944 HMS Loyal was paid off
Noteable events	18 Jan, 1943 The British destroyers HMS Lightning (Cdr. H.G. Walters, RN) and HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, RN) sink the German (former Norwegian) Favor (1323 GRT) south of Sardinia, Italy in position 38º40'N, 09º32'E. 7 May, 1943 The German auxiliary minesweeper M 6616/Alba Eder (21 GRT) and the Italian tug Porto Cesareo (230 GRT) were sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia by gunfire from the British destroyers HMS Laforey, HMS Loyal, HMS Tartar and HMS Nubian.