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 on 10 July 1934. She was initially assigned to the New Zealand Station, manned by the Chatham Port Division. Leith arrived at Auckland on 13 NovemberContinue reading “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”

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 on 10 July 1934. She was initially assigned to the New Zealand Station, manned by the Chatham Port Division. Leith arrived at Auckland on 13 NovemberContinue reading “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”

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 on 10 July 1934. She was initially assigned to the New Zealand Station, manned by the Chatham Port Division. Leith arrived at Auckland on 13 NovemberContinue reading “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”