Post by Diarist on Jul 16, 2014 18:40:36 GMT 1
Design
The Leander class was influenced by the York-class heavy cruiser, and was an attempt to better provide for the role of commerce protection. The 7,000-7,200 ton Leanders are armed with eight BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns in twin turrets, two forward and two aft. Their secondary armament consists of four QF 4 inch Mk V naval guns. Their anti-aircraft weaponry consists of twelve 0.5-inch (13 mm) Vickers machine guns in three quadruple mounts. They also ship a bank of four 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes on each beam and provision is made in the design for carriage of two catapult-launched Fairey Seafox aircraft.
Speed is 32 knots (59 km/h), and 845 tons of armour is provided. The first five vessels do not contain dispersed machinery; the boiler rooms are arranged together and exhaust into a single funnel, a unique feature amongst British cruisers. This means that damage amidships is more liable to disable all the boiler rooms.
Leander Group
HMS Leander - Commissioned 23 July 1931
HMS Orion - Commissioned 18 January 1934
HMS Neptune - Commissioned 23 February 1934
HMS Ajax - Commissioned 12 April 1935
HMS Achilles - Launched 1 September 1932 - not yet commissioned
Amphion Group
HMS Amphion - Launched 27 July 1934 - not yet commissioned
HMS Apollo - Launched 9 October 1934 - not yet commissioned
HMS Phaeton - Commissioned 22 September 1934
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)
The Leander class was influenced by the York-class heavy cruiser, and was an attempt to better provide for the role of commerce protection. The 7,000-7,200 ton Leanders are armed with eight BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns in twin turrets, two forward and two aft. Their secondary armament consists of four QF 4 inch Mk V naval guns. Their anti-aircraft weaponry consists of twelve 0.5-inch (13 mm) Vickers machine guns in three quadruple mounts. They also ship a bank of four 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes on each beam and provision is made in the design for carriage of two catapult-launched Fairey Seafox aircraft.
Speed is 32 knots (59 km/h), and 845 tons of armour is provided. The first five vessels do not contain dispersed machinery; the boiler rooms are arranged together and exhaust into a single funnel, a unique feature amongst British cruisers. This means that damage amidships is more liable to disable all the boiler rooms.
Leander Group
HMS Leander - Commissioned 23 July 1931
HMS Orion - Commissioned 18 January 1934
HMS Neptune - Commissioned 23 February 1934
HMS Ajax - Commissioned 12 April 1935
HMS Achilles - Launched 1 September 1932 - not yet commissioned
Amphion Group
HMS Amphion - Launched 27 July 1934 - not yet commissioned
HMS Apollo - Launched 9 October 1934 - not yet commissioned
HMS Phaeton - Commissioned 22 September 1934
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)