HMS Lively (G40)
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Speed: | 36 kt (66.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,500 nmi at 15 kt |
| Complement: | 221 |
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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.
Lively was ordered on 31 March 1938 from Cammell Laird, of Birkenhead as part of the 1937 Programme. She was laid down on 20 December 1938, launched on 29 January 1941, and commissioned on 20 July 1941. Her initial armament was altered slightly during construction in 1940, and she became one of four ships of her class to be rated as anti-aircraft destroyers.
After working up in July 1941, Lively was assigned to Western Approaches Command in August, and was based at Greenock. One of her first duties was to deploy from Scapa Flow on 22 August with Lightning and the cruiser Curacoa to escort the damaged French submarine Rubis back to Dundee. In September she was assigned to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla based at Gibraltar, where she was one of the destroyers assigned to screen the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, and other capital ships, making deliveries of aircraft to Malta. On 24 September she sailed from Gibraltar as part of the escort for Ark Royal, and the battleships Nelson, Rodney and Prince of Wales, which were supporting Operation Halberd. The ships came under air attack which left Rodney slightly damaged, but the destroyers were able to drive off the enemy aircraft. While returning to Gibraltar on 30 September, the ships were attacked by the Italian submarine Adua. Lively supported the hunt for her, which eventually sank Adua.
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