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Leander Class Frigates

Cold War Royal Navy anti-submarine frigates developed from Type 12 escorts and widely modernised.

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    2:07:53Designing a larger Leander successor with ASROCQ&A
  2. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:10:53A Type 22-era variant with Sea Wolf and ExocetQ&A
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    25:35Fast-frigate conversions and the Type 12 familyChapter
  4. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:43Fitting Seaslug into a Leander-sized shipQ&A
  5. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:37The 1959 Future Frigate studies and the path beyond LeanderQ&A
  6. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:26Why Leander conversion studies began during constructionQ&A
  7. What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?
    0:48Falklands lessons from costly Leander refits and weak air defenceChapter
  8. Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!
    9:57Canada and Norway push Type 26 to useful scaleNotable Point
  9. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    14:03Type 23 cuts and the size of a light frigateNotable Point
  10. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:44:42Which Sea Cat ships would receive lightweight Sea Wolf?Q&A
  11. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    39:37Ikara extended a ship's anti-submarine reachNotable Point
  12. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:53:55A NATO Atlantic convoy escort in 1975Q&A
  13. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:221970s Leander frigates transported to 1939Q&A
  14. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:47Sea Cat and naval guns against World War II aircraftNotable Point
  15. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:33:06Which Leander systems could wartime Britain reproduce?Notable Point
  16. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:40:56Should Sea Wolf escorts protect carriers or Force Z?Q&A
  17. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:34:28Perry-class escorts, with Krivak and Leander alternativesQ&A
  18. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    1:04:46Leanders versus Knox, Garcia, and Brooke escortsQ&A
  19. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    19:52Sea Wolf and Exocet on Batch 3 LeandersQ&A
  20. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:47:11Why HMS Andromeda needed her 4.5-inch gunQ&A
  21. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    3:36:24A Leander frigate under the air attack faced by Ning HaiQ&A
  22. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    0:48Hood and Royal Navy preservation habitsNotable Point
  23. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    2:52:53Why Leander-class Exocets were effectively port-reload weaponsQ&A
  24. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:25:05An expanded Argentine fleet in the Falklands WarQ&A
  25. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:16:49India's frigates as an industrial programChapter
  26. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:15:00Type 26 compared with the Leander rather than the BurkeQ&A
  27. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:12:14A plausible NATO convoy escort mixes carriers, cruisers, and frigatesChapter
  28. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
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  29. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    8:03Destroyer and frigate readiness behind the fleet listChapter
  30. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    10:53How Leander batches traded guns for Ikara and ExocetNotable Point
  31. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    5:26Distributed anti-ship weapons across the fleetChapter
  32. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:55:30What should the Royal Navy have changed after the Falklands War?Q&A
  33. HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/4
    3:29The later Penelope's second career in EcuadorNotable Point
  34. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
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    44:21Leander flexibility and postwar Type designationsQ&A
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    37:05Modern Leander frigates and distant deploymentsChapter
  37. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    52:58Leander frigates as adaptable compromisesQ&A
  38. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    57:41Leander-class frigates in the Falklands WarQ&A