Leander Class Cruiser (1931)
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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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