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Five '''''Leander'' class light cruisers''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the years 1933-35. | Five '''''Leander'' class light cruisers''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the years 1933-35. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 5 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Achilles}} | ||
+ | |[[Cammell Laird]] | ||
+ | |11 Jun, 1931 | ||
+ | |1 Sep, 1932 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Transferred 1948 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Ajax}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers-Armstrongs]], Barrow | ||
+ | |7 Feb, 1933 | ||
+ | |1 Mar, 1934 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1949 | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Leander}} | ||
+ | |[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |8 Sep, 1930 | ||
+ | |24 Sep, 1931 | ||
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+ | |Broken up 1949 | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Neptune}} | ||
+ | |[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |24 Sep, 1931 | ||
+ | |31 Jan, 1933 | ||
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+ | |Sunk 19 Dec, 1941 | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Orion}} | ||
+ | |[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |26 Sep, 1931 | ||
+ | |24 Nov, 1932 | ||
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+ | |Broken up 1949 | ||
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Revision as of 17:46, 6 April 2018
Five Leander class light cruisers were completed for the Royal Navy in the years 1933-35.
Overview of 5 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Achilles | Cammell Laird | 11 Jun, 1931 | 1 Sep, 1932 | Transferred 1948 | |
Ajax | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow | 7 Feb, 1933 | 1 Mar, 1934 | Broken up 1949 | |
Leander | Devonport Royal Dockyard | 8 Sep, 1930 | 24 Sep, 1931 | Broken up 1949 | |
Neptune | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 24 Sep, 1931 | 31 Jan, 1933 | Sunk 19 Dec, 1941 | |
Orion | Devonport Royal Dockyard | 26 Sep, 1931 | 24 Nov, 1932 | Broken up 1949 |
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
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