Talk:HMS Leander (1882)

Is Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies an unreliable source?

The original text of this article was as follows:

HMS Leander was a second class cruiser of the Leander Class which served with the Royal Navy.

She was built by Napier in Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1883 and completed in 1886. She served in the Mediterranean from 1886 to 1893, was in reserve in Devonport from 1893 to 1897 and then served in the Pacific from 1997 to 1903. She did harbour service in Devonport from 1904 to 1913 before she was sold to become TS Indefatigable. She was renamed Carrick II in 1941 and broken up, by Wards in Preston, in 1947.

Reference

Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies by Douglas Morris. Maritime Books 1987. ISBN 0 907771 35 1.

Errors and possible errors

• launched in 1883 and completed in 1886 - Conways says launched in 1882, and commissioned in 1885.
• She did harbour service in Devonport from 1904 to 1913 before she was sold to become TS Indefatigable. She was renamed Carrick II in 1941 and broken up, by Wards in Preston, in 1947. - no that was her sister ship Phaeton.
• She served in the Mediterranean from 1886 to 1893, - no she was on the China Sation from late 1885 to 1895 (revision --Toddy1 (talk) 14:45, 22 March 2009 (UTC))
• was in reserve in Devonport from 1893 to 1897 - it was Chatham where she was in reserve.
• was in reserve in Devonport from 1893 to 1897 - Leander was on the China Station in 1894 and 1895

Does anyone know whether the source of the errors was the book Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies by Douglas Morris, or whether the person typing the information into Wikipedia made mistakes?--Toddy1 (talk) 21:26, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I have a theory that all that was typed originally actually referred to Phaeton.--Toddy1 (talk) 14:45, 22 March 2009 (UTC)