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Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Light cruiser
Class	Leander
Pennant	75
Built by	Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.) : Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down	1 Aug, 1928
Launched	13 Jul, 1929
Commissioned	8 May, 1944
End service	Feb, 1948
Loss position

History	The Royal Navy light-cruiser HMS Leander was loaned to the New Zealand Division from 30 April 1937 until 8 May 1944. At this time she was repairing and refitting at Boston in the USA. HMS Leander returned to service on 27 August 1945. Decommissioned by the Royal Navy in February 1948. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 15 December 1949. Scrapped at Blyth on 15 January 1950. Commanding Officers: Capt. James William Rivett-Carnac, DSC, RN 14 November 1936 - 1 January 1940 Capt. Henry Edward Horan, DSC, RN 1 January 1940 – 28 November 1940 Capt. Robert Hesketh Bevan, RN 28 November 1940 – February 1943 Capt. Cecil Aubrey Lawson Mansergh, DSC, RN February 1943 – February 1944 A/Cdr. L.P. Brindley, RN February 1944 – December 1944 Cdr. Harold Brittan Clifford Gill, DSO, RN December 1944 – 24 February 1945 Capt. Robert Jocelyn Oliver Otway-Ruthven, DSO, RN 24 February 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Former name	HMNZS Leander

HMS Leander (75)