NEW SLOOPS
f, e ..- '.V •/</ ;* I; LAUNCH OF THE LEITH ■ e H.M.S. Leith, which was launched on .. September 9, will replace H.M.S. Veronica - on the New Zealand station. She is an I. oil-burning vessel, and' is expected ,to art rive at Auckland about the middle of •. next-year. . • • H.M.S. Laburnum will be, relieved by, a sloop of the same class as the Leith,- . H.M.S. Wellington,, which is at present. being, built at Devonport, England. The* t new vessel 'is not , expected to arrive -until . 1935.' ,V.-, ' ... ■ The new sloops are sihiilar in design to the Sandwich and Bridgewater class. Their displacement is about 1250 tons deep load and their principal dimensions are:. Length, .v266ft, overall; beam, 34ft; draught, Bft 6in. The vessels will carry • two four-inch guns as well as quick-firing- > guns. With a speed of over 16 knots, the new sloops will be very much faster than the vessels they are to replace. Their machinery comprises Parsons’ impulse reaction turbines, with single reduction gearing There are two three-drum water tube boilers with a pressure of 2501 b. Each vessel will be fitted with twin propellers. The fuel oil tanks in the new sloops will accommodate 275 tone of oil.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22101, 3 November 1933, Page 3
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199NEW SLOOPS Otago Daily Times, Issue 22101, 3 November 1933, Page 3
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