Six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Leander after the Greek hero Leander: HMS Leander (1780) was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1780. She...
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HMS Leander was a Portland-class 50-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham on 1 July 1780. She served on the West Coast of Africa, West...
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lead ship of a class of light ships, the Leander-class light cruiser and was initially named HMS Leander. Leander was launched at Devonport on 24 September...
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HMS Leander (F109) was the nameship of the Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was originally intended to be part of the Rothesay class and...
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an unincorporated community Leander Glacier, Admiralty Mountains, Antarctica HMS Leander, several Royal Navy ships Leander class (disambiguation), three...
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HMS Leander was a 50-gun spar-decked frigate (rated in the fourth rate) of the Royal Navy which saw service in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, and...
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Hero and Leander (/ˈhiːroʊ/, /liːˈændər/) is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero (Ancient Greek: Ἡρώ, Hērṓ; [hɛː.rɔ̌ː]), a priestess of Aphrodite...
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The Leander-class, or Type 12I (Improved) frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the...
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Action of 27 February 1941 (section HMS Leander)
action between the British cruiser HMS Leander and the Italian ship Ramb I, an auxiliary cruiser. It began when Leander ordered an un-flagged freighter to...
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French ship Généreux (1785) (redirect from HMS Généreux)
British ship of the line, HMS Leander of 50 guns. After a long battle, the Généreux captured the Leander, with the Leander suffering 35 killed and 57...
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