H.M.S. Loyal (1913)

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H.M.S. Loyal (1913)
Pendant Number: H.80 (1914)
H.63 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1913[3]
Completed: May, 1914[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Loyal was one of twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey class.

Service

On 28 April, 1914 she was commissioned for service in the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

On 17 October, 1914, she was one of four destroyers of the Third Destroyer Flotilla Captain Cecil H. Fox in the Undaunted led in the Battle off Texel, where the British succeeded in destroying an inferior force of four torpedo boats.

In 1917, she and sisters Lawford and Legion were converted to minelayers and operated along with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.

She reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In 1915 or 1916, she was one of sixteen light cruisers and destroyers to trial a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B for torpedo control.[24]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 28, 1914; pg. 16; Issue 40509.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 803.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 28, 1914; pg. 16; Issue 40509.
  9. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
  10. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
  11. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  12. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Day of month not entirely certain.
  13. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 17, 1917; pg. 13; Issue 41454.
  14. Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
  15. Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
  16. Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395h.
  18. Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  19. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 836.
  21. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  22. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/123. f. 528[?].
  23. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/123. f. 528[?].
  24. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.

Bibliography


Laforey Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Llewellyn Lennox Loyal Legion Laforey
Lawford Louis Lydiard Laertes Lysander
  Lance Lookout  
White 2-Funnelled Type
  Laurel Liberty  
Yarrow 2-Funnelled Type
  Lark Landrail Laverock Linnet  
War Emergency Repeat "L" Class
  Lochinvar Lassoo Leonidas Lucifer  
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