1st Edition

Frigate HMS Leander

By Jantinus Mulder Copyright 2013
48 Pages
by Lanasta

HMS Leander was completed in 1963 as the first ship of the Leander Class Improved Type 12 General Purpose Frigates. In 1974, she joined the 3rd Frigate Squadron, which included other Leander-class frigates. The design was the most successful Western frigate of its time and led to several new international designs. This book presents an overview of the development and operational use of HMS Leander... Read more
General Purpose Frigate, Trials, Replenishment, Armament, Radar, Sonar, Westland Wasp HAS Mk 1, Conversion, Ikara, Ikara-Leander

Biography

Jantinus Mulder started his career in the graphic industry and is currently a publisher at Lanasta (Walburg Pers). He is a specialist in the model building of naval ships. He builds models, and has written about model building in various (trade) magazines and books.