Two ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Leith, after the historic
Scottish port of
Leith:
HMS Leith (1777) was launched in 1744 or 1746 in the British "Plantations", more specifically, the colony of Maryland as the merchant ship Leith. From 1764 to 1777 she traded with Greenland as a
whaler. Between 1777 and 1782 she served the
Royal Navy as a transport and hired armed
naval ship. She was last listed in 1783.
HMS Leith (U36) was a
Grimsby-classsloop 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 HDMS Galathea. She was sold for scrap in 1955.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth.
ISBN9781783469260.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Two ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Leith, after the historic
Scottish port of
Leith:
HMS Leith (1777) was launched in 1744 or 1746 in the British "Plantations", more specifically, the colony of Maryland as the merchant ship Leith. From 1764 to 1777 she traded with Greenland as a
whaler. Between 1777 and 1782 she served the
Royal Navy as a transport and hired armed
naval ship. She was last listed in 1783.
HMS Leith (U36) was a
Grimsby-classsloop 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 HDMS Galathea. She was sold for scrap in 1955.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth.
ISBN9781783469260.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.