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* Captain [[Burges Watson]], 1 February, 1889.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 232.</ref>
*   Captain [[Burges Watson]], 1 February, 1889.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 232.</ref>
* Captain [[John Scott Luard|John S. Luard]], 1 June, 1906.<ref>Luard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 313.</ref>
*   Captain [[John Scott Luard|John S. Luard]], 1 June, 1906.<ref>Luard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 313.</ref>
* Captain [[Noel Grant]], 8 February, 1910.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 338.</ref>
*   Captain [[Noel Grant]], 8 February, 1910.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 338.</ref>
* Captain [[Victor Gallafent Gurner|Victor G. Gurner]], 16 December, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 338.</ref>
*   Captain [[Victor Gallafent Gurner|Victor G. Gurner]], 16 December, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 338.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[Laurence Richard Oliphant|Laurence R. Oliphant]], 1 April, 1914.{{NLJan15|p. 346}}
*   {{CommRN}} [[Laurence Richard Oliphant|Laurence R. Oliphant]], 1 April, 1914.{{NLJan15|p. 346}}
* {{CaptRN}} [[Francis Alexander Clutterbuck|Francis A. Clutterbuck]], D.S.O, 15 July, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 829}}
*   {{CaptRN}} [[Francis Alexander Clutterbuck|Francis A. Clutterbuck]], D.S.O, 15 July, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 829}}
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Revision as of 21:51, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Leander (1882)
Builder: Napier, Glasgow[1]
Laid down: 14 Jun, 1880[2]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1882[3]
Commissioned: 29 May, 1885[4]
Sold: 1920[5]

H.M.S. Leander was completed in 1885 as one of four second class protected cruisers of the Leander class, but she served as a depot ship in the Great War.

Service

In June 1904 she completed conversion to a depot ship for destroyers.[6] In mid-1913, she was acting as depot ship for the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, and was still there when the war started.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1891), p. 232.
  8. ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 338.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 338.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 346.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 829.

Bibliography


Leander Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
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