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HMS Loyalty |
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HMS Loyalty Laid Down : 14th February 1942 Launched : 9th December 1942 Completed : 1st April 1943 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J217 Fate : 22 August 1944 - Torpedoed/sunk by U480 in Channel |
| “ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 15th November 1940 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 14th April 1941 this minesweeper was to be called HMS RATTLER but the name was changed to LOYALTY before launched on 9th December 1942. She was the third RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1650 for a 34 Gun Ship and last used for a Stores Hulk purchase at Cadiz in 1694 and which foundered in 1701.Her build was completed on 22nd April 1943.and she had been “adopted” by the civil community of Ripley in Derbyshire after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign held in March 1942. 18th MSF |
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June 1943 - Renamed from HMS Rattler 22nd August 1944 - Sunk 22nd August 1944 by U-boat | |||
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