HMS Leith (U36)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Leith.
HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.
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Leith in July 1941 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Leith |
Ordered | 1 November 1932 |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 6 February 1933 |
Launched | 9 September 1933 |
Commissioned | 10 July 1934 |
Decommissioned | June 1945 |
Renamed |
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Identification | Pennant number: L36 (later U36) |
Motto | 'Persevere' |
Honours and awards |
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Fate |
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Badge | On a Field White an ancient ship Black with Red pennons on wavelets Gold and Blue. |
Denmark | |
Name | HDMS Galathea |
Acquired | 1949 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 1955 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Grimsby-class sloop |
Displacement |
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Length | 250 ft (76.2 m) p/p / 266 ft (81.1 m) o/a |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h; 19 mph) |
Range | 5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
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