HMS Lively (G40)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lively
Ordered	31 March 1938
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	20 December 1938
Launched	29 January 1941
Commissioned	20 July 1941
Identification	Pennant number: G40
Fate	Sunk in an air attack, 11 May 1942
Badge	On a field barry wavy of four White and Blue On a Field Blue, an Ankh
General characteristics
Class and type	L-class destroyer
Displacement	1,920 tons
Length	362.5 ft (110.5 m)
Beam	36.7 ft (11.2 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Two shafts Two geared steam turbines Two drum type boilers 48000 shp (35.8 MW)
Speed	36 kt (66.7 km/h)
Range	5,500 nmi at 15 kt
Complement	221
Armament	8[1] x QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.XVI guns, twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII L/39 (40 mm), quad mount Mk.VII 8 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm), quad mounts Mk.III 8 (2x4) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX

HMS Lively was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War, and was sunk in the Mediterranean in an air attack on 11 May 1942.

Commissioned in 1941, she was briefly active in home waters, sailing in the North Sea, but was soon reassigned to the Mediterranean, where she was active as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, and Force K, based at Malta. Lively took part in escorting several convoys to and from the island, as well as intercepting enemy supply convoys to North Africa. She took part in the First and Second Battles of Sirte, and was damaged on a number of occasions in air and surface attacks. She was eventually sunk off Tobruk in May 1942 while trying to intercept an enemy convoy.