H.M.S. Danae (1918)

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H.M.S. Danae (1918)
Pendant Number: 32 (Jul 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Laid down: 11 Dec, 1916[3]
Launched: 26 Jan, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1918[5]
Sold: Jan, 1948[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Danae was fitted with a director upon her commissioning in June, 1918.[7]

She re-commissoned at Chatham on 5 January, 1923 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[8]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 September, 1925 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron, this time on the China Station.[9]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 17 April, 1928 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[10]

Danae was re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1930 under the command of Eric Ritchie Bent for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station,[11] remaining so employed until at least early 1933.[12]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[13]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 August, 1936.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 230.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  13. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 773.
  16. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  17. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 756.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 746.
  20. Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  21. Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 230.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 230.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
  27. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  28. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  29. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  30. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  31. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  32. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  33. McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116.
  34. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  35. McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116.
  36. McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116.
  37. Carne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/13. f. 13.
  38. Carne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/121/13. f. 13.
  39. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  40. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  41. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  42. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  43. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  44. Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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