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    HMNZS Leander was a light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship of a class of light ships, the...
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  • community Leander Glacier, Admiralty Mountains, Antarctica HMS Leander, several Royal Navy ships Leander class (disambiguation), three ship classes HMNZS Leander...
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    old country". Ships thereafter were prefixed HMNZS (His/Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship). HMNZS Leander escorted the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to...
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    use is unclear. Leander Loaned to New Zealand, commissioned as HMNZS Leander in September 1941. At the Battle of Kolombangara, Leander was heavily damaged...
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    HMNZS Waikato (F55) was a Leander Batch 2TA frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She was one of two Leanders built for the RNZN, the other being...
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    HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was one of two broad beam Leander-class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1971 to 2005. She was built...
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    HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War. She...
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    USS Honolulu and St. Louis and the Royal New Zealand Navy light cruiser HMNZS Leander, and the destroyers USS Nicholas, O'Bannon, Taylor, Jenkins, Radford...
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    the contractor was resolved. The ship is named in honour of HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Leander-class frigate serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy from 1982...
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    aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and two light cruisers, HMS Emerald and HMNZS Leander. HMS Hermes carried the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers of 814 Squadron...
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