The eight 'L' boats were:

Laforey G99 (Captain D) sunk 30/3/44 by U-223 N Sicily

Lance G87 bombed and put out of action 9/4/42 in Malta harbour

Legion G74 bombed and put out of action 26/3/42 in Malta harbour

Lightning G55 (Half leader) torpedoed 12/3/43 by German 'E' boat off Bizerta

Lively G40 sunk 11/5/42 by German aircraft off Sollum

Lookout G32 the only 'L' boat to survive the war

Loyal G15 mined 12/10/44 NE coast of Italy

Gurkha G63 (ex Larne) sunk 17/1/42 by U-133 off Sidi Barani

Notes
Lance was declared a constructive total loss (CTL) and was later salved and scrapped in 1944.
Loyal was declared a CTL and was scrapped in 1948 after four years as a base hulk.

It is interesting to note that Lightning and Laforey received oblique references as 'L' class destroyers Liberal and Lancelot in Nicholas Monsarrat's classic The Cruel Sea.

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