Ships · United Kingdom · 1933-1945
Leander-class cruiser
light cruiser
Shared by the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy, Leander-class light cruisers gave the Commonwealth's dominion navies their principal surface combatants of the war. HMAS Sydney of this class destroyed the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in a celebrated single-ship action in 1940 before being lost with all hands against the German raider Kormoran the following year.
| crew | ~570-680 |
|---|---|
| displacement | 7,270 tons (standard), 9,740 full load (in service; 9,000 as completed) |
| armament | 8x 6in guns |
| produced | 8 built |
Mediterranean and North Africa, Pacific
