HMS Loyalty (J217)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Loyalty and HMS Rattler.

History
United Kingdom
Name
  • HMS Rattler (until June 1943)[1]
  • HMS Loyalty (from June 1943)
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number1142[2]
Laid down14 April 1941
Launched9 December 1942[1]
Completed22 April 1943[2]
Commissioned22 April 1943
IdentificationPennant number J217
Motto"Fight for the King"
Honours and
awards		Normandy 1944
FateSunk on 22 August 1944 by U-480[1]
BadgeOn a Field barry wavy of six White and Blue, a sprig of three oak leaves, Gold
General characteristics
Class and typeAlgerine-class minesweeper
Displacement850 tons
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Propulsion
  • Geared turbines
  • two shafts
  • 2,000 ihp (1.5 MW)
Complement85 men
Armament

HMS Loyalty was a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, formerly HMS Rattler . She served during the Second World War. Commissioned in 1943, Loyalty saw action off the coast of Normandy during the Allied assault there in 1944. While performing duties off the coast, the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Colledge1969 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780752488615.