Editing Hero and Leander (section)

===Contemporary references===

* There have been six ships of the [[Royal Navy]] named [[HMS Leander|HMS ''Leander'']] with battle honors at the [[Battle of the Nile|Nile]], [[Bombardment of Algiers (1816)|Algiers]], [[Crimean War|Crimea]], and the [[Battle of Kula Gulf|Kula Gulf]].
* LMS express steam locomotive 5690 is named "Leander", named after the ship HMS ''Leander''. It was built in 1936 and has survived into preservation, and still operates on the main line in Britain.
* Numerous private ships have been named ''[[Leander (ship)|Leander]]'', including that of Sir [[Donald Gosling]], whose yacht ''[[Leander G]]'' was chartered by the royal family following the decommissioning of the royal yacht [[HMY Britannia|HMY ''Britannia'']].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Sophia |title=Leander G: On board the classic yacht favoured by British royalty |url=https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/leander-g-classic-superyacht |publisher=Boat International |date=1 June 2022}}</ref> 
* There have been numerous ships named ''[[HMS Hero|Hero]]'', although it's unclear if they were named for Leander's ''Hero'', or the classical definition of one who does [[Hero|heroic]] deeds. However the 1970s television drama series ''[[Warship (1973 TV series)|Warship]]'' specifically identifies its fictional HMS ''Hero'', a [[Leander-class frigate|''Leander''-class frigate]], in honor of Leander's Hero.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Instant Hero |journal=HMS Phoebe |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.pavely/Phoebe-Herobooklet.PDF |publisher=Directorate of Public Relations (Royal Navy) |access-date=2023-06-21 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215206/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.pavely/Phoebe-Herobooklet.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Characters named [[Hero Cruz|Hero]] and Leander appear in the 1996-1998 comic series ''[[Superboy and the Ravers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plummer |first=Jessica |date=2023-08-23 |title=Queer Superhero History: Super Friends |url=https://bookriot.com/queer-superhero-history-super-friends/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=BOOK RIOT |language=en-US}}</ref> The pair is a gay couple who take part in a never-ending party that travels throughout the universe.
* The story is mentioned in the season 1 episode of ''[[Bridgerton]]'' entitled "Oceans Apart". Colin describes his love for Marina as like that of Hero and Leander, Daphne reminds him of the ending of the tale.