Talk:HMS Loyalty (J217)

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HMS Rattler
Sources added for the renaming as Loyalty being in June 1943, which has been in the article from the beginning, presumably sourced from Colledge & Warlow 2006 (I do not have this, but have cited Colledge's earlier edition - perhaps a colleague could update if later edition has changed). The newspaper reports are confirmatory: in April 1943 Rattler's commanding officer wrote to the town council to introduce himself and the crew, as well as putting the exchange of plaques in train. In Late June the council were "shocked" to be informed that the name had been changed, after they had already had their plaque made (and the late change was also mentioned when the plaques were finally exchanged in July 1944 - just in time!). Completion as Rattler is also confirmed by Moss & Hume (and maybe by McCluskie).

However, this source claims that not only did the ship enter service as Loyalty, but that she was renamed even before launching. Puzzling, but seems unlikely. Davidships (talk) 12:15, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I have found numerous errors in naval-history.net's WW2 ship histories over the years. I no longer regard it as factually reliable if contradicted by other sources.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the cautionary word - this isn't my principal maritime field, and it is one of those sources that looks authoritative. Davidships (talk) 19:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)