THE NEPTUNE was one of the 5 Leander class cruisers, commissioned in 1933. Her displacement was 7,175 tons, her complement 550 men. Her main armament consisted of ' eight 6in guns. She earned two aircraft launched from the deck by catapult.
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Evening Star, Issue 24084, 3 January 1942, Page 6
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40THE NEPTUNE was one of the 5 Leander class cruisers, commissioned in 1933. Her displacement was 7,175 tons, her complement 550 men. Her main armament consisted of ' eight 6in guns. She earned two aircraft launched from the deck by catapult. Evening Star, Issue 24084, 3 January 1942, Page 6
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