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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Leander''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Leander''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
''Leander'' was commissioned for trials on 25 November, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 251}}
She was commissioned at Plymouth on 23 March, 1933 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 251}}
Commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1937 for service with the [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]].{{NLJul37|p. 300}}  She served under command of Royal Navy officers while in New Zealand service, but reverted to Royal Navy (H.M.S.) in December, 1944.{{UBAllyWarship|7946}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=21 December, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 251}}<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|end=c. 30 April, 1935|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 251}}|end=20 November, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James William Rivett-Carnac|nick=James W. Rivett-Carnac|appt=14 November, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 300}}|end=1 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Edward Horan|nick=Henry E. Horan|appt=1 January, 1940<ref>Horan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/99.|D8116220}} f. 99.</ref>|end=28 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hesketh Bevan|nick=Robert H. Bevan|appt=28 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|end=26 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stephen Wentworth Roskill|nick=Stephen W. Roskill|appt=26 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|end=5 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Aubrey Lawson Mansergh|nick=Cecil A. L. Mansergh|appt=5 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|end=30 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stephen Wentworth Roskill|nick=Stephen W. Roskill|appt=30 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|end=February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Leslie Palmer Brindley|nick=Leslie P. Brindley|appt=February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|end=December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4003}}|as=Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. ''Leander''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Brittain Clifford Gill|nick=Harold B. C. Gill|appt=December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7946}}|end=24 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|7946}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Jocelyn Oliver Otway-Ruthven|nick=Robert J. O. Otway-Ruthven|appt=24 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|7946}}|end=mid 1947{{UBAllyWarship|7946}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 26 February 2021

H.M.S. Leander (1931)
Pendant Number: 75
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

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

She was commissioned at Plymouth on 23 March, 1933 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet.[6]

Commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1937 for service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.[7] She served under command of Royal Navy officers while in New Zealand service, but reverted to Royal Navy (H.M.S.) in December, 1944.[8]

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. (October, 1935). p. 251.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.
  8. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 251.
  10. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 251.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


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