RN Cruisers: Danae or D Class
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Brian James
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RN Cruisers: Danae or D Class
Danae or D Class Light Cruiser main 6inch armament c1919.
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Re: RN Cruisers: Danae or D Class
Many thanks Brian. Some more of the class:
Danae (Later ORP Conrad)
Dauntless
Delhi
Despatch
Diomede
Dragon (Later ORP Dragon)
Dunedin
Durban
Danae (Later ORP Conrad)
Dauntless
Delhi
Despatch
Diomede
Dragon (Later ORP Dragon)
Dunedin
Durban
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HMS Raleigh 1963 , HMS Collingwood 1963 & 67 , HMS Ark Royal 1964-7, HMS Undaunted 1968-71, HMS Victory (Fleet Maintenance Group) 1971-72, HMS Exmouth 1972-74
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
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Brian James
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Re: RN Cruisers: Danae or D Class
D Class Light Cruiser HMS Danae pictured at the Port of Revel in 1919.
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D or Danae Class Light Cruiser HMS Dragon enters Malta in 1926.
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Brian James
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Danae Class Light Cruiser HMS Delhi pictured entering Malta c1935.
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Danae Class Light Cruiser HMS Dunedin pictured in NZ waters in 1924 and anchored in Apia Harbour in 1930.
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Brian James
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Danae Class Light Cruiser HMS Dauntless pictured c1920.She was built at Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company Shipyard at Jarrow on Tyneside,launched on April 10th 1918 and commissioned on November 22nd 1918.Completed too late to see action in the First World War, in 1919 she was assigned to operate in the Baltic Sea against the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia. She was then on detached service in the West Indies. Following this assignment she was attached to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet for the following five years. Dauntless was a member of the Cruise of the Special Service Squadron, also known as the 'Empire Cruise', of 1923/24. Following this tour, she went with the squadron to the Mediterranean for the next few years.
In May 1928 Dauntless was recommissioned and assigned to the North America and West Indies Station. She ran aground on July 2nd 1928 on the Thrum Cap Shoal, 5 nautical miles off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was badly damaged, suffering the breach of her engine room and of one of her boiler rooms. She was abandoned by most of her 462 crew, the officers remaining on board.Subsequently all of her guns and torpedo tubes and much of her other equipment had to be removed to lighten her. She was finally refloated on July 11th 1928 and towed off by her sister ship HMS Despatch and a number of tugs. She was repaired throughout 1929 and was reduced to the reserve.
In 1930 she was transferred back to the America and West Indies Station. During 1931-1933 she served with the South American Division, and in 1934 she relieved the cruiser Curlew in the Mediterranean and was reassigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron. In 1935 she returned to Britain to be paid off into the reserve.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, she was recommissioned and joined the 9th Cruiser Squadron with the South Atlantic Command. In December, the squadron, including Dauntless, was transferred to the China Station, and in March 1940 Dauntless operated as a unit of the British Malaya Force while in the Indian Ocean. She operated mainly off Batavia, keeping watch on German merchant ships in the Dutch East Indies harbours. On June 15th 1941 she collided with the cruiser Emerald off Malacca and had to put into Singapore for repairs, that were eventually completed on August 15th.
In February 1942 Dauntless returned to Britain, and underwent a refit at Portsmouth. Following this, she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet, and in November was docked in the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa, until January 1943. She was then used as a Training Ship, and in February 1945 was again reduced to the reserve.
She was sold to be broken up for scrap on 13 February 13th 1946, and in April that year was broken up at the yards of Thos W Ward, of Inverkeithing.
In May 1928 Dauntless was recommissioned and assigned to the North America and West Indies Station. She ran aground on July 2nd 1928 on the Thrum Cap Shoal, 5 nautical miles off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was badly damaged, suffering the breach of her engine room and of one of her boiler rooms. She was abandoned by most of her 462 crew, the officers remaining on board.Subsequently all of her guns and torpedo tubes and much of her other equipment had to be removed to lighten her. She was finally refloated on July 11th 1928 and towed off by her sister ship HMS Despatch and a number of tugs. She was repaired throughout 1929 and was reduced to the reserve.
In 1930 she was transferred back to the America and West Indies Station. During 1931-1933 she served with the South American Division, and in 1934 she relieved the cruiser Curlew in the Mediterranean and was reassigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron. In 1935 she returned to Britain to be paid off into the reserve.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, she was recommissioned and joined the 9th Cruiser Squadron with the South Atlantic Command. In December, the squadron, including Dauntless, was transferred to the China Station, and in March 1940 Dauntless operated as a unit of the British Malaya Force while in the Indian Ocean. She operated mainly off Batavia, keeping watch on German merchant ships in the Dutch East Indies harbours. On June 15th 1941 she collided with the cruiser Emerald off Malacca and had to put into Singapore for repairs, that were eventually completed on August 15th.
In February 1942 Dauntless returned to Britain, and underwent a refit at Portsmouth. Following this, she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet, and in November was docked in the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa, until January 1943. She was then used as a Training Ship, and in February 1945 was again reduced to the reserve.
She was sold to be broken up for scrap on 13 February 13th 1946, and in April that year was broken up at the yards of Thos W Ward, of Inverkeithing.
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Danae Class Light Cruiser HMS Dauntless pictured off Melbourne in 1924.
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The ill fated Danae or D Class Light Cruiser HMS Dunedin pictured whilst serving with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy at Wellington in 1937.Early in the Second World War, Dunedin was involved in the hunt for the German Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau after the sinking of the Armed Merchant Cruiser Rawalpindi.
In early 1940 Dunedin was operating in the Caribbean Sea, and there she intercepted the German merchant ship Heidelberg west of the Windward Passage. Heidelberg's crew scuttled the ship before Dunedin could take her. A few days later, Dunedin, in company with the Canadian Destroyer Assiniboine, intercepted and captured the German merchant ship Hannover near Jamaica. Hannover later became the first British Escort Carrier, Audacity. Between July and November, Dunedin, together with the Cruiser Trinidad, maintained a blockade off Martinique, in part to bottle up three French warships, including the Aircraft Carrier Béarn.
On June 15th 1941, Dunedin captured the German tanker Lothringen and gathered some highly classified Enigma cipher machines that she carried. The Royal Navy reused Lothringen as the fleet oiler Empire Salvage. Dunedin went on to capture three Vichy French vessels, Ville de Rouen off Natal, the merchant ship Ville de Tamatave east of the St. Paul's Rocks, and finally, D'Entrecasteaux.
Dunedin was still steaming in the Central Atlantic Ocean, just east of the St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil, when on November 24th 1941, at 1526 hours, two torpedoes from the German Submarine U-124 sank her. Only four officers and 63 men survived out of Dunedin's crew of 486 officers and men.
In early 1940 Dunedin was operating in the Caribbean Sea, and there she intercepted the German merchant ship Heidelberg west of the Windward Passage. Heidelberg's crew scuttled the ship before Dunedin could take her. A few days later, Dunedin, in company with the Canadian Destroyer Assiniboine, intercepted and captured the German merchant ship Hannover near Jamaica. Hannover later became the first British Escort Carrier, Audacity. Between July and November, Dunedin, together with the Cruiser Trinidad, maintained a blockade off Martinique, in part to bottle up three French warships, including the Aircraft Carrier Béarn.
On June 15th 1941, Dunedin captured the German tanker Lothringen and gathered some highly classified Enigma cipher machines that she carried. The Royal Navy reused Lothringen as the fleet oiler Empire Salvage. Dunedin went on to capture three Vichy French vessels, Ville de Rouen off Natal, the merchant ship Ville de Tamatave east of the St. Paul's Rocks, and finally, D'Entrecasteaux.
Dunedin was still steaming in the Central Atlantic Ocean, just east of the St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil, when on November 24th 1941, at 1526 hours, two torpedoes from the German Submarine U-124 sank her. Only four officers and 63 men survived out of Dunedin's crew of 486 officers and men.
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Crowds pictured as they swarm aboard Danae Class Light Cruiser HMS Delhi at Princes Pier,Port Melbourne in March 1924.
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