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HMS Leith Laid Down : 6th February 1933 Launched : 9th September 1933 Completed : 10th July 1934 Type : Sloop Class : Grimsby Builder : Devonport Country : UK Pennants : U36, L36 Fate : Sold privately (Byron) 25th November 1946 and (Friendship) 1948. Later to Royal Danish Navy (Galathea) 1949 for Hydrographic work. Scrapped 1955. |
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HMS Leith, 1939. |
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6th February 1933 - Laid down at Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 9th September 1933 - Pennant L36 9th September 1933 - Launched 1st June 1934 - Commissioned at Plymouth for trials 1st June 1934 - Capt. Oliver Bevir in Command 8th June 1934 - Decommissioned at Plymouth 10th July 1934 - Crewed by Chatham Depot 10th July 1934 - Commissioned for service on the New Zealand Station 12th July 1934 - Commissioned 23rd July 1934 - Sailed Portland for Leith 26th July 1934 - Anchored off Leith 30th July 1934 - Sailed Leith 1st August 1934 - Arrived Chatham 1st August 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 13th August 1934 - Capt. Oliver Bevir in Command 13th August 1934 - Sailed Chatham for the New Zealand Station 13th August 1934 - Sailed Chatham 19th August 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th August 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd August 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 22nd August 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 27th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 29th August 1934 - Sailed Malta 29th August 1934 - ASailed Malta 2nd September 1934 - Arrived Port Said 2nd September 1934 - Arrived Port Said 3rd September 1934 - Sailed Port Said 3rd September 1934 - Arrived Singapore 3rd September 1934 - Sailed Port Said 7th September 1934 - Sailed Singapore 9th September 1934 - Arrived Aden 9th September 1934 - Arrived Aden 10th September 1934 - Arrived Aden 13th September 1934 - Sailed Aden 13th September 1934 - Saied Aden 22nd September 1934 - Arrived Colombo 22nd September 1934 - Arrived Colombo 22nd September 1934 - Arrived Colombo 26th September 1934 - Sailed Colombo 26th September 1934 - Sailed Colombo 27th September 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 3rd October 1934 - Arrived Singapore 7th October 1934 - Sailed Singapore 23rd October 1934 - Arrived Thursday Island 23rd October 1934 - Arrived Thursday Island 25th October 1934 - Sailed Thursday Island 25th October 1934 - Sailed Thursday Island 4th November 1934 - Arrived Brisbane 4th November 1934 - Arrived Brisbane 8th November 1934 - Sailed Brisbane 8th November 1934 - Sailed Brisbane 14th November 1934 - Arrived Auckland 14th November 1934 - Arrived Auckland 12th December 1934 - Sailed Auckland for Wellington 15th December 1934 - Arrived Wellington 4th January 1935 - Arrived Picton 9th January 1935 - Arrived Oamaru 18th January 1935 - Arrivied Lyttelton 13th February 1935 - Arrived Russell 17th June 1935 - Arrived Pago Pago 24th June 1935 - Arrived Suva 12th August 1935 - Arrived Tokelau 5th February 1936 - Arrived Hokianga 17th June 1936 - Sailed Auckland 19th July 1936 - Arrived Makin 24th July 1936 - Arrived Tarawa 12th September 1936 - Arrived Vila 25th March 1937 - Arrived Wellington 20th June 1937 - Sailed Dillon Bay 8th July 1937 - Arrived Gizo 18th July 1937 - Arrived Tunabali Ysbel 21st July 1937 - Arrived and sailed Nauru 22nd July 1937 - Arrived Ocean Island 26th July 1937 - Arrived Tarawa 18th September 1937 - Arrived Auckland 18th September 1937 - Capt. L.C.P. Tadway in Command 15th December 1937 - Arrived Gisbourne 3rd April 1938 - Arrived Akaroa 8th April 1938 - Arrived Lyttleton 11th April 1938 - Sailed Lyttleton for Auckland 27th April 1938 - Sailed Wellington for Auckland and Sydney 23rd June 1938 - Arrived Lifuka 31st July 1938 - Arrived Moorea 1st November 1938 - Cdr. Gilbert Ridley Waymouth, RN Assumed Command 10th December 1938 - Arrived Auckland 6th January 1939 - Sailed Auckland for Timaru 10th January 1939 - Arrived Timaru 21st January 1939 - Arrived Bluff 21st January 1939 - Arrived Bluff 25th January 1939 - Sailed Bluff for Oamaru 26th January 1939 - Arrived Oamaru 31st March 1939 - Sailed Sydney for Auckland 6th April 1939 - Arrived Auckland 8th June 1939 - Arrived Matuku 24th November 1939 - Arrive Port Said 25th November 1939 - Sailed Port Said for Malta 3rd December 1939 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar, en route to England 18th December 1939 - Sailed Freetown escorting Convoy SL.13 19th December 1939 - Detached from Convoy SL.13 26th December 1939 - Sailed Freetown escorting Convoy SL.14 10th January 1940 - Escorted merged Convoy HG.14F andSL.14 as SG.14 12th January 1940 - Detached from Convoy SL.14 12th January 1940 - Detached Convoy SG.14 13th January 1940 - Arrived at Penarth for refitting 15th January 1940 - Arrived at Penarth with Convoy SG.14B 8th February 1940 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.88GF 17th February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar ecorting Convoy HG.19 17th February 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar with Convoy OG.18F 27th February 1940 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HG.19 1st March 1940 - Sailed Liverpool escorting Convoy OB.100G 3rd March 1940 - Detached from Convoy OB.100G and Joined Convoy HG.20 4th March 1940 - Escorting Convoy HG.29, attacked a submarine contact west of Scilly Isle 18th March 1940 - Arrived Liverpool with Convoy HG.22F 19th March 1940 - Escorted Convoy OA.113GF 23rd March 1940 - Detached from Convoy OA.113GF 2nd September 1940 - Cdr. Gilbert Ridley Waymouth, RN Relinquished Command 2nd September 1940 - Cdr. Roland Charlton Allen, RN Assumed Command 21st March 1941 - Cdr. Roland Charlton Allen, RN Relinquished Command 21st March 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Mark Taylor Collier, RN Assumed Command 24th June 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Mark Taylor Collier, RN Relinquished Command 24th June 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Campbell Hulton, RN Assumed Command 30th May 1943 - Lt.Cdr. Edward Campbell Hulton, RN Relinquished Command 30th May 1943 - Lt.Cdr. (retired) Alan Westbury Preston, RN Assumed Command 20th March 1945 - Lt.Cdr. (retired) Alan Westbury Preston, RN Relinquished Command 20th March 1945 - Lt. Robin Richard Whalley, RN Assumed Command July 1945 - Lt. Robin Richard Whalley, RN Relinquished Command 1946 - Sold to Merchant Navy |
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Last edited : 13:18, April 2, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 12:24, February 28, 2011
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