Allied Warships

HMS Loyal (G 15)

Destroyer of the L class

Nice stern view of HMS Loyal

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	L
Pennant	G 15
Built by	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland)
Ordered	31 Mar 1938
Laid down	23 Nov 1938
Launched	8 Oct 1941
Commissioned	31 Oct 1942
End service	12 Oct 1944
History	Heavily damaged by a mine in the Thyrhenian Sea off Italy, declared a constructive total loss. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 5 August 1948.

Commands listed for HMS Loyal (G 15)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Hugo Edward Forbes Tweedie, DSC, RN	22 Sep 1942	Aug 1944
2	Cdr. Godfrey Ransome, DSC, RN	1 Aug 1944	late 1944

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Notable events involving Loyal include:

15 Dec 1942
HrMs O 15 (Lt. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, DSC, RN) and Adrias. (1)

18 Jan 1943
The British destroyers HMS Lightning (Cdr. H.G. Walters, RN) and HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, RN) sink the German (former Norwegian) Favor (1323 GRT) south of Sardinia, Italy in position 38°40'N, 09°32'E.

7 May 1943
The German auxiliary minesweeper M 6616/Alba Eder (21 GRT) and the Italian tug Porto Cesareo (230 GRT) were sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia by gunfire from the British destroyers HMS Laforey (Capt. R.M.J. Hutton, DSO, RN), HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, RN), HMS Tartar (Cdr. St.J.R.J. Tyrwhitt, RN) and HMS Nubian (Cdr. D.E. Holland-Martin, DSC, RN).