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Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . . |
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Volume Six - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Select Aspects - The Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve Fleet at Penarth Dock |
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H.M.S. Leith - (L 36) - A Grimsby Class Sloop - she was 266 feet long overall x 36 feet beam and displaced 1,300 tons full. Her Parsons steam turbine engines gave her 2,00 s.h.p. with a speed of 16.5 knots. Her range was 5,700 nautical miles at 10 knots. [263] Image - from the Imperial War Museum collection - [266] |