HMNZS Leander


Light cruiser HMNZS Leander, the lead ship of the Leander-class. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Leander on 24 March 1933. Along with Achilles she served in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Returned to the Royal Navy on 27 August 1945, she was involved in the Corfu Channel Incident the next year. She was scrapped in 1950.

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