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==Service==
==Service==
She commissioned for trials on 25 November, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 251}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=21 December, 1932<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=21 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 251}}<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=April, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=April, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James William Rivett-Carnac|nick=James W. Rivett-Carnac|appt=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=1 January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James William Rivett-Carnac|nick=James W. Rivett-Carnac|appt=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=1 January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 19:17, 18 April 2018

H.M.S. Leander (1931)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 8 Sep, 1930[2]
Launched: 24 Sep, 1931[3]
Completed: 24 Mar, 1933[4]
Broken up: 1949

H.M.S. Leander was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She commissioned for trials on 25 November, 1932.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
  7. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
  13. ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
Achilles Ajax Leander Neptune Orion
<– Emerald Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Arethusa Class –>


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