| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 103 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 11 Nov 1935 |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| Lost | 25 Nov 1942 |
| History | Completed in January 1936. HMT Leyland (T/Lt. Arthur Kennedy Nears, RNR) was sunk in a collision off Gibraltar on 25 November 1942. |
Commands listed for HMS Leyland (FY 103)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Archibald Wilkinson, RNR | 18 Sep 1939 | Nov 1940 |
| 2 | Skr. Hugh Crighton, RNR | Nov 1940 | 15 Aug 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. George Manley Dixon, RANVR | 15 Aug 1941 | 27 Oct 1941 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Arthur Kennedy Nears, RNR | 27 Oct 1941 | 25 Nov 1942 (+) |
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Notable events involving Leyland include:
12 Oct 1939
HMS H 44 (Lt. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) conducted exercises off Portland with HMS Leyland (Lt.Cdr. A. Wilkinson, RNR). (1)
27 Mar 1941
HrMs O 21 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. van Dulm, RNN) carries out exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Alouette (Lt. R.F.R. Yarde-Buller, RNVR), HMS Erin (A/Cdr. J.O. Davies, RNR), HMS Lord Hotham (Skr. J.W. Morris, RNR) and HMS Leyland (Skr. H. Crighton, RNR). (2)
23 Nov 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMCS Rosthern (Cdr. P.B. Cross, RCNVR) and HMS Leyland (Lt. G.M. Dixon, RANVR). (3)
25 Nov 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Leyland (Lt. G.M. Dixon, RANVR) and HMS Newark (Lt.Cdr. R.H.W. Atkins, RN). (3)
11 May 1942
HMS P 44 (Lt. T.E. Barlow, RN) arrived at Gibraltar. She was escorted in by HMS Leyland (T/Lt. A.K. Nears, RNR). (4)
13 Aug 1942
Around 1700A/13, the damaged HMS Talisman (Lt.Cdr. M. Willmott, DSO, RN) arrived at Gibraltar. She had been escorted in by HMS Leyland (T/Lt. A.K. Nears, RNR). (5)
Sources
- ADM 173/15740
- File 2.12.03.6404 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- File 2.12.03.6368 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 199/1222
- ADM 53/116200 + ADM 199/1849
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.