An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau dated 1 August 1933 reported that the sloop HMS Leith (1) just like her sister ship Grimsby would receive a heavier armament as her predecessors namely 12 cm in stead of 10,5cm guns despite her smaller displacement.
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1. Launched at the Devonport dockyard on 9 September 1933, sold on 25 November 1946 and renamed the Panama-flagged Byron, sold again in 1948 to the World Friendship Association and renamed Friendship, sold on 26 August 1949 to the Royal Navy, renamed as a survey ship Galathea and on left on 19 January 1955 Copenhagen, Denamrk after sold to be broken up.
