Leander-class cruiser (1931)

	HMS Apollo in 1938 at Miami, Florida prior to transfer to Royal Australian Navy
Class overview
Name	Leander class
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Australian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; Indian Navy;
Preceded by	Emerald class
Succeeded by	Arethusa class
Subclasses	Leander; Amphion / Perth;
Completed	8
Lost	3
General characteristics (as-built)
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	7,270 long tons (7,390 t) (standard); 9,740 long tons (9,900 t) (full load) (9,000 long tons (9,100 t) in Amphions);
Length	554.9 ft (169.1 m)
Beam	56 ft (17.1 m)
Draught	19.1 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	6 × (Leander) or 4 × (Amphion) Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 72,000 shp (54,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	5,730 nmi (10,610 km; 6,590 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	570
Armament	4 × twin BL 6 in (152 mm) guns; 4 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) guns; 3 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) AA machineguns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Magazine: 3 in (76 mm) box; Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Gun turrets: 1 in (25 mm);
Aircraft carried	1 × seaplane
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult & crane

The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936. The three ships of the second group were sold to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) before World War II and renamed after Australian cities.

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