HMS Leith (U36)

	Leith in July 1941
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Leith
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	6 February 1933
Launched	9 September 1933
Commissioned	10 July 1934
Decommissioned	June 1945
Renamed	(As merchants):; Byron; Friendship;
Identification	Pennant number: L36 (later U36)
Motto	'Persevere'
Honours &; 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;
Badge	On a Field White an ancient ship Black with Red pennons on wavelets Gold and Blue.
Denmark
Name	HDMS Galathea
Acquired	1949
Fate	Sold for scrap 1955
General characteristics
Class & type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	990 tons standard; 1,300 tons full;
Length	250 ft (76.2 m) p/p / 266 ft (81.1 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers; Parsons geared steam turbines; Two shafts; 2,000 shp (1,500 kW);
Speed	16.5 knots (31 km/h; 19 mph)
Range	5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns (2x1); 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt AA gun; 4 × .5" MG A/A (1x4);

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

History
Leith in July 1941
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Leith
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	6 February 1933
Launched	9 September 1933
Commissioned	10 July 1934
Decommissioned	June 1945
Renamed	(As merchants): Byron Friendship
Identification	Pennant number: L36 (later U36)
Motto	'Persevere'
Honours & 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
Badge	On a Field White an ancient ship Black with Red pennons on wavelets Gold and Blue.
Denmark
Name	HDMS Galathea
Acquired	1949
Fate	Sold for scrap 1955
General characteristics
Class & type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	990 tons standard 1,300 tons full
Length	250 ft (76.2 m) p/p / 266 ft (81.1 m) o/a
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines Two shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (31 km/h; 19 mph)
Range	5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	100
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns (2x1) 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt AA gun 4 × .5" MG A/A (1x4)