HMS Loyalty

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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.

1943  Wikidata
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Algerine-class minesweeperminesweeperHarland and WolffRoyal NavyUnited Kingdom


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  • U-741
    1943 Type VIIC submarine
  • HMS Loyalty
    1942 Algerine-class minesweeper
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1943 HMS Loyalty
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ship commissioning
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ship launching
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keel laying
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ship completed
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    siteshipwreckRMS Moldaviaarmed merchant cruiser, steamship, shipwreckWikidata
    siteshipwreck1940HMCS Albernishipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvetteWikidata
    siteshipwreck1944HMS Hothamdestroyer escort, shipwreck, Captain-class frigate, Buckley-class destroyer escortWikidata