The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. HMS Leith HMS LEITH completed at Devonport and, after trials with a local crew, commissioned there 10th. July 1934 with a Chatham crew for service on the New Zealand Station, for which she sailed on 13th.August 1934 , after a courtesy visit to the port of Leith, arrivingContinue reading “The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. HMS Leith”
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The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that…
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. Leith was ordered on 1 November 1932 under the 1931 Programme. She was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 6 February 1933, launched on 9 September 1933 and commissioned onContinue reading “The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that…”
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that…
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. Leith was ordered on 1 November 1932 under the 1931 Programme. She was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 6 February 1933, launched on 9 September 1933 and commissioned onContinue reading “The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that…”
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that…
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. Leith was ordered on 1 November 1932 under the 1931 Programme. She was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 6 February 1933, launched on 9 September 1933 and commissioned onContinue reading “The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that…”
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – H.M.S. Laburnum
HMS Laburnum was a Royal Navy Acacia-class sloop built by Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun. She was scuttled during the fall of Singapore in 1942.Easter Rising[edit]In April 1916, during the Easter Rising in Ireland, Laburnam shelled the outskirts of Galway.Far East service[edit]She was in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy from 11 MarchContinue reading “The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – H.M.S. Laburnum”
