Leander
(Ship)
Destroyer/light cruiser. Served as a New Zealand ship from 30 April 1937 till 8 May 1944.
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- Chaplains
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Chapter 1 — Genesis of Royal New Zealand Navy
- CHAPTER 26 — Recruiting and Training
- CHAPTER 2 — Outbreak of War: Cruise of HMS Achilles
- CHAPTER 5 — The Destruction of the Admiral Graf Spee
- CHAPTER 6 — The Cruise of the Leander
- CHAPTER 7 — Hunting Raiders in the Indian Ocean
- CHAPTER 8 — Operations off the Coast of Syria
- CHAPTER 11 — Protection of Shipping
- CHAPTER 12 — Minesweeping in New Zealand Waters
- CHAPTER 13 — The Loss of HMS Neptune
- CHAPTER 14 — Anti-Submarine Policy
- CHAPTER 17 — Peril in the South Pacific
- CHAPTER 19 — Turn of the Tide in the Pacific
- CHAPTER 20 — The Struggle for Guadalcanal
- CHAPTER 21 — Battles for the Solomons
- CHAPTER 23 — The New Zealand Cruisers
- CHAPTER 25 — The Surrender of Japan
- CHAPTER 27 — Organisation of Naval Staff
- CHAPTER 28 — Development of Radar
- Index
- FIRST LEANDER, 1780:
- SECOND LEANDER, 1814:
- Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron and First Naval Member
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Leander":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.