This web feature was written by Gavin McLean and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.
Links
- Battle of the River Plate (NZHistory)
- Sinking of HMS Neptune (NZHistory)
- Leander-class crusiers (Wikipedia)
- Launch of HMS Leander – video (Blinkx)
- S.D. Waters, The Royal Navy (NZETC)
- HMNZS Leander casualties
Books
- Norman Friedman, British cruisers: two world wars and after, Seaforth, Barnsley, 2010
- Timothy Gambrill, New Zealand cruisers in combat, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1988
- Barry Gough, Historical dreadnoughts: Arthur Marder, Stephen Roskill and battles for naval history, Seaforth, Barnsley, 2010
- Jack Harker, Well done Leander, Collins, Auckland, 2001
- R.J. McDougall, New Zealand naval vessels, GP Books, Wellington, 1989