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Leeds
G.27

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Destroyer (ex-American, first group)
ex-Conner		  
Displacement 1,020 tons (1,445 tons full load)
Dimensions 308 (wl)/315.5 (oa) x 31.25 x ...d/8 (11 full load) feet
Machinery four White-Forster water-tube boilers, three shafts, Parsons turbines, 18,500 SHP = 30 knots
Bunkers & radius OF 205 tons, 1,600 nm @ 10k
Armament 4 (4x1) - 3 inch, 1 (1x1) - 3 inch AA, 3 (3x1) - .5 inch AA machine guns, 12 (4x3) 21 inch TT
Complement 146 men
   
Builder (hull) Cramp (Philadelphia)
Builder (engine) Cramp (Philadelphia)
Laid down 16.10.1916
Launched 21.08.1917
Commissioned 12.01.1918
Handed over to Royal Navy 23.10.1940
Fate 04.03.1947 sold to T.W. Ward, arrived at Grays on 19.01.1949 for scrapping
   
Battle honours ?

 

Officers    
Commanding Officer
24.10.1940 - (02.1941)
Lt.Cdr. W.M.L. Astwood, RN
 
16.04.1942 - (02.1943)
Lt. E.F. Hamilton-Meikle, RN
 
21.02.1943 - (12.1943)
Lt. B.H. Brown, RN
 
13.03.1944 - (06.1944)
Lt. R.C. Henley, RN
First Lieutenant
06.12.1942 - (06.1944)
Lt. R.M.R. Yorke, RN
Others
 
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24.10.1940 - (02.1941)
Lt. B.R. Dean, RN
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24.10.1940 - (04.1944)
Lt. J.E.J. Bell, RNVR
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12.05.1941 - (04.1944)
Lt. J.C. McFadyean, RNVR
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09.01.1942 - (08.1942)
Lt. R.E. Blyth, RNVR
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30.10.1942 - (02.1943)
Lt. A. Veater, RNR
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09.12.1940 - (02.1943)
T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. J.R. Mellor, RNVR
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01.04.1943 - (06.1943)
T/Lt. E.D. Perry, RNVR
Medical Officer
20.11.1940 - (02.1941)
Prob. T/Sg.Lt. J.R. Hart
Medical Officer
08.10.1941 - (02.1943)
T/Sg.Lt. J.C. Bulstrode, RNVR
Medical Officer
15.03.1943 - (06.1944)
Prob.T/Sg.Lt. | T/Sg.Lt. W.B. Alexander, RNVR
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24.10.1940 - (02.1941)
S.Lt. H.F. Passmore, RNVR
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01.04.1943 - (06.1944)
S.Lt. M.D.L. Macdougall, RNR
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19.12.1941 - (08.1942)
T/S.Lt. T.H. de Winton, RNVR
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27.02.1942 - (02.1943)
T/S.Lt. E.J. Grant, RNZNVR
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16.02.1943 - (06.1944)
T/A/S.Lt. D.I. Lang, RNR
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06.04.1943 - (06.1944)
T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. A.N. Robinson, RNVR
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24.10.1940 - (08.1942)
T/A/Gnr. (T) | T/Gnr. (T) E. Mason, RN
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26.04.1943 - (06.1944)
T/Gnr. E. Buzzing, RN
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24.10.1940 - (02.1941)
Wt.Eng. R.J. Clements, RN
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20.02.1942 - (06.1944)
T/A/Wt.Eng. | T/Wt.Eng. A.C.G. Palmer, RN
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10.1943 - (06.1944)
Midsh. M.L. Thornewill, RN