Ships of the Leander class
Name Pennant Namesake Builder Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
Leander Group
Leander 75 Leander of Abydos HM Dockyard, Devonport 18 February 1928 1 August 1928 13 July 1929 23 July 1931 Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Leander 1941-1945
Broken up at Blyth 1950
Orion 85 Orion the Hunter HM Dockyard, Devonport 24 March 1931 26 September 1931 24 November 1932 18 January 1934 Broken up at Dalmuir, 1949
Neptune 20 Neptune, God of the Sea HM Dockyard, Portsmouth 2 March 1931 24 September 1931 31 January 1933 23 February 1934 Sunk in minefield off Tripoli, 19 December 1941
Ajax 22 Ajax the Great Vickers Armstrong 1 October 1932 7 February 1933 1 March 1934 12 April 1935 Broken up at Newport, 1949
Achilles 70 Achilles Cammell Laird 16 February 1931 11 June 1931 1 September 1932 24 March 1936 Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Achilles 1941-1946
Sold to Indian Navy as HIMS Delhi 1948
Amphion Group
Amphion 29 Amphion of Thebes HM Dockyard, Portsmouth 1 December 1932 22 June 1933 27 July 1934 15 June 1936 Sold to Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Perth, 1939
Sunk in torpedo attack, 1 March 1942
Apollo 63 Apollo, God of Light HM Dockyard, Devonport 1 March 1933 15 August 1933 9 October 1934 13 January 1936 Sold to Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Hobart, 1938
Broken up at Osaka, 1962
Sydney
(ex-Phaeton)
48 City of Sydney Swan Hunter 10 February 1933 8 July 1933 22 September 1934 24 September 1935 Sunk in surface action, 19 November 1941