HMS Leith

HMS Leith

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Leith", after the historic Scottish port of Leith:

*HMS "Leith" was a 20-gun armed ship in service in 1782.
*HMS "Leith" was a "Grimsby" class sloop launched in 1933 and sold in 1946 into civilian service. She was renamed "Byron" and "Friendship" before being acquired by the Royal Danish Navy in 1949 and renamed HMDS "Galathea". They scrapped her in 1955.


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