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Revision as of 11:08, 10 November 2016
Five Leander class light cruisers were completed for the Royal Navy in the years 1933-35.
Design and Construction
Their single funnel was unique.
Armament
Main Battery
The eight 6-in guns could elevate 60 degrees
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Footnotes
| Leander Class Light Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achilles | Ajax | Leander | Neptune | Orion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Emerald Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Arethusa Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
