HMNZS Leander

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Leander
Ordered	18 February 1930
Builder	HMNB Devonport
Laid down	8 September 1930
Launched	24 September 1931
Commissioned	24 March 1933
Recommissioned	27 August 1945
Decommissioned	February 1948
Out of service	loaned to Royal New Zealand Navy 30 April 1937
Identification	Pennant number: 75
Fate	Sold for scrapping 15 December 1949 Scrapped 15 January 1950
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Leander
Commissioned	30 April 1937
Out of service	Repair and refit at Boston 8 May 1944
Identification	Pennant number: 75
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy 27 August 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,270 tons standard 9,740 tons full load
Length	554.9 ft (169.1 m)
Beam	56 ft (17 m)
Draught	19.1 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	72,000 shaft horsepower (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	Four Parsons geared steam turbines Six boilers Four shafts
Speed	32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Range	5,730 nmi (10,610 km; 6,590 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	570 officers and enlisted
Armament	8 × BL 6 in Mk.XXIII (152 mm L/50) guns, twin turrets Mk.XXI 4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45) guns, single mounts HA Mk.IV 12 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm) machine guns, quad mounts Mk.I 8 (2×4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX
Aircraft carried	One catapult-launched aircraft Original type was a Fairey Seafox catpult and aircraft later replaced with Supermarine Walrus

HMNZS Leander was a light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship of a class of light ships, the Leander-class light cruiser and was initially named HMS Leander.