HMS Loyal (G15)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Loyal.
.jpg) Side view of her sister HMS Lookout | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Loyal |
| Ordered: | 31 March 1938 |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 23 November 1938 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1940 |
| Completed: | 31 October 1942 |
| Fate: |
Struck a mine 12 October 1944, constructive total loss |
| Notes: | Pennant number G15 |
| General characteristics as completed | |
| Class and type: | L-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,920 long tons (1,950 t) (standard) 2,660 long tons (2,700 t) (deep) |
| Length: | 362 ft 3 in (110.4 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 48,000 shp (36,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 190 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | ASDIC Type 285 anti-aircraft (AA) radar Type 286M air warning radar |
| Armament: | 3 × 2 - 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark XI dual purpose guns 1 × 1 - 4-inch Mark V AA gun |
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.
Notes
References
- Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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