HMS Leith (U36)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Leith.

Leith in July 1941
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Leith
Ordered1 November 1932
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid down6 February 1933
Launched9 September 1933
Commissioned10 July 1934
DecommissionedJune 1945
Renamed
  • (As merchants):
  • Byron
  • Friendship
IdentificationPennant number: L36 (later U36)
Motto'Persevere'
Honours and
awards
  • Atlantic 1939–44
  • North Africa
  • English Channel 1943
Fate
  • Sold into merchant service on 25 November 1946
  • Acquired by Royal Danish Navy in 1949
BadgeOn a Field White an ancient ship Black with Red pennons on wavelets Gold and Blue.
Denmark
NameHDMS Galathea
Acquired1949
FateSold for scrap 1955
General characteristics
Class and typeGrimsby-class sloop
Displacement
  • 990 tons standard
  • 1,300 tons full
Length250 ft (76.2 m) p/p / 266 ft (81.1 m) o/a
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion
Speed16.5 knots (31 km/h; 19 mph)
Range5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement100
Armament

HMS Leith was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.