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World War II Sloops of the United Kingdom: HMS Leith, HMS Amethyst, HMS Fowey, HMS Walney, HMS Kite, HMS Hastings, HMS Starling, HMS Magpie(English)

World War II Sloops of the United Kingdom: HMS Leith, HMS Amethyst, HMS Fowey, HMS Walney, HMS Kite, HMS Hastings, HMS Starling, HMS Magpie(English)

          
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Chapters: Hms Leith, Hms Amethyst, Hms Fowey, Hms Walney, Hms Kite, Hms Hastings, Hms Starling, Hms Magpie, Hms Pheasant, Hms Wellington, Hms Black Swan, Hms Woodpecker, Hms Folkestone, Hms Erne, Hms Ibis, Hms Wild Goose. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. Leith was ordered on 1 November 1932 under the 1931 Programme. She was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 6 February 1933, and was launched on 9 September 1933 that year by a Mrs Pipon. She was commissioned on 10 July 1934 and was initially assigned to the New Zealand Station, manned by the Chatham Port Division. Leith arrived at Auckland on 13 November 1934, and was deployed in the Pacific and locally in New Zealand waters. She was recommissioned in December 1936 in order to continue to serve with the New Zealand Division and was again in July 1939. She had an active career in the Pacific, making numerous visits to Colonial possessions, and on one occasion taking Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga on a visit to outlying islands. The outbreak of the Second World War saw Leith still in the Pacific. In September 1939 she sailed to Singapore to carry out contraband control duty on the China Station. During the passage she called at Jervis Bay, Australia. Leith was deployed at Penang to carry out contraband control, and also to carry out surveillance on enemy ships in Dutch East Indies ports. She was recalled from these duties in November and was ordered to sail to the UK to carry out convoy defence duties in Home Waters. She sailed from Penang on 7 November, travelling via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. She arrived at Gibraltar, where she was diverted to go to Freetown to join as an escort for an Atla...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1698021


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157457596
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 54
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: HMS Leith, HMS Amethyst, HMS Fowey, HMS Walney, HMS Kite, HMS Hastings, HMS Starling, HMS Magpie
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1157457592
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 91 gr


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