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HMS Danae (D 44)

Light cruiser of the D class


HMS Danae in 1943

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassD 
PennantD 44 
Built byArmstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Wallsend 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Dec, 1916 
Launched26 Jan, 1918 
Commissioned18 Jun, 1918 
End service4 Oct, 1944 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Polish Navy on 4 October 1944.
She was returned to the Royal Navy on 28 September 1946.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 26 January 1948.
Arrived to be scrapped at T.W. Ward at Barrow on 27 March 1948.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Alfred Creighton Collinson, RN
31 July 1939 - ???

Cdr. Francis John Butler, MBE, RN
??? – November 1940

Capt. Henry Berwick Crane, RN
November 1940 – December 1940

A/Capt. Francis John Butler, MBE, RN
December 1940 – 2 June 1942

Capt. Harold Fielding Nalder, RN
2 June 1942 – 15 October 1942

A/Cdr. Noel C.M. Findlay, RN (retired)
15 October 1942 – 5 April 1943

Capt. John Robert Sutherland Haines, RN
5 April 1943 - 7 August 1944

A/Capt. Stephen Barry, RN
7 August 1944 – 4 October 1944 

Career notesTo the Polish Navy as Conrad

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