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H.M.S. Loyal (1913) | |
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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 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.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander F. Burges Watson, 28 April, 1914[7] – April, 1917[8]
- Lieutenant in Command Colin S. Thomson, c. late March, 1917[9] – 21 April, 1917[10]
- Commander Francis A. Clutterbuck, 14 April, 1917[11] – 26 September, 1917[12]
- Lieutenant in Command Joseph B. Newill, 26 September, 1917[13][14] – 5 November, 1917[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Frank A. C. Baker, 5 November, 1917[16][17] – 3 February, 1919[18]
- Commander Ernest H. B. Williams, 15 May, 1919 – 22 October, 1919
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.[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 803.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Day of month not entirely certain.
- ↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
- ↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
- ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395h.
- ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 836.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.
Bibliography
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