- Description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{other ships|HMS Loyal}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=HMS Lookout (G32).jpg | Ship caption=Side view of her sister HMS Lookout
}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name=HMS Loyal | Ship ordered=31 March 1938 | Ship builder=Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland | Ship laid down=23 November 1938 | Ship launched=8 October 1940 | Ship completed=31 October 1942 | Ship fate=*Struck a mine 12 October 1944, constructive total loss | Ship notes=Pennant number G15
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=as completed | Ship class=L-class destroyer | 1920|LT|t|lk=in|abbr=on}} (standard)- {{convert|2660|LT|t|abbr=on}} (deep)
| 362|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}} o/a | 37|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | 13|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | 48000|shp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
| Ship propulsion=*2 × shafts- 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
| 36|kn|lk=in}} | 5500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} | Ship complement=190 | Ship sensors=*ASDIC- Type 285 anti-aircraft (AA) radar
- Type 286M air warning radar
| 4.7|in|mm|abbr=on}} Mark XI dual-purpose guns- 1 × quadruple QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns
- 6 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 2 × quadruple {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} torpedo tubes
- 45 × depth charges
}} | HMS Loyal was a L-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s, although she was not completed until after World War II had begun. DescriptionThe L-class destroyers were designed as enlarged and improved versions of the preceding J class equipped with dual-purpose guns. They displaced {{convert|1920|LT|t}} at standard load and {{convert|2675|LT|t}} at deep load. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|362|ft|3|in|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|37|ft|m|1}} and a deep draught of {{convert|13|ft|9|in|m|1}}. They were powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam for was provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of {{convert|48000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|567|LT|t}} of fuel oil that gave them a range of {{convert|5500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The L class' complement was 190 officers and ratings.[1] The ships mounted six 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XI guns in twin-gun mounts, two superfiring in front of the bridge and one aft of the superstructure. Their light anti-aircraft suite was composed of one quadruple mount for 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns and six single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. Later in the war, twin Oerlikon mounts replaced the singles. The L-class ships were fitted with two above-water quadruple mounts for {{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}} torpedoes.[2] The ships were equipped with 45 depth charges.[3] Construction and careerLoyal was laid down on 23 November 1938 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at their Greenock shipyard, launched on 8 October 1941 and completed on 31 October 1942.[1] She struck a mine on 12 October 1944 and was declared a constructive total loss. Notes1. ^1 Lenton, p. 169
2. ^Whitley, pp. 121–22
3. ^Chesneau, p. 41
References- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{Colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Afridi to Nizam: British Fleet Destroyers 1937–43|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|year=2001|isbn=0-905617-64-9}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=2006|isbn=1-86176-137-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|authorlink=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
- {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |OCLC=164893555}}
- {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Smith|first=Peter C.|title=Fighting Flotilla: RN Laforey Class Destroyers in WW2|edition=2nd|year=2010|publisher=Pen & Sword Maritime|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84884-273-1}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
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