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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}}
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{{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 15:17, 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 –>