Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Large destroyer |
Class | Chacal |
Pennant | |
Built by | At.&Ch de la Loire (St. Nazaire, France) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 1 Aug 1923 |
Launched | 29 Sep 1924 |
Commissioned | 6 Jul 1940 |
End service | 31 Aug 1940 |
History | Seized by the Royal Navy in Portsmouth on 3 July 1940. Transferred to the Free French on 31 August 1940. Stranded and wrecked North of Benghazi on 27 May 1943. The wreck was destroyed on 19 June 1943. |
Commands listed for HMS Léopard
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. William Eric Banks, RN | 6 Jul 1940 | 31 Aug 1940 |
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