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==Service==
==Service==
''Danae'' was fitted with a director upon her commissioning in June, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
She re-commissoned at Chatham on 5 January, 1923 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 230}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 September, 1925 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}}, this time on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 230}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 17 April, 1928 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 230}}
''Danae'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1930 under the command of [[Eric Ritchie Bent]] for service with the {{UK-CS|8}} on the [[America and West Indies Station]],{{NLJul31|p. 229}} remaining so employed until at least early 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 229}}
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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 August, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 228}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Danae''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Danae|f=p}}}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Danae''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Erskine Wardle|nick=Thomas E. Wardle|appt=13 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 773}}<ref>Wardle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 245.</ref>|end=March, 1920<ref>Wardle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 245.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Erskine Wardle|nick=Thomas E. Wardle|appt=13 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 773}}<ref>Wardle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 245.</ref>|end=March, 1920<ref>Wardle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 245.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Charles Fisher|nick=Frederick C. Fisher|appt=20 April, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 756}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Charles Fisher|nick=Frederick C. Fisher|appt=20 April, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 756}}|end=21 April, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Murray Austin|nick=Francis M. Austin|appt=28 August, 1923<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|end=March, 1923<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|note=invalided out}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=21 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 746}}|end=28 April, 1923}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Murray Austin|nick=Francis M. Austin|appt=28 August, 1923<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|end=March, 1925<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|note=invalided out}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=8 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 230}}|end=March, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lachlan Donald Ian MacKinnon|nick=Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon|appt=28 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 230}}|end=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=17 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 230}}|ass=17 April, 1928|end=1 July, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric Ritchie Bent|nick=Eric R. Bent|appt=6 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 229}}<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.</ref>|end=February, 1932<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster|nick=Arthur L. St. G. Lyster|appt=January, 1932|end=19 June, 1932|note=invalided with an ulcer}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Hugo Knox-Little|nick=Charles H. Knox-Little|appt=1 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 229}}<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|end=30 December, 1935<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Mathieson Fardell|nick=Kenneth M. Fardell|appt=29 November, 1935<ref>Fardell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.}} f. 88.</ref>|end=17 February, 1936<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.</ref><ref>Fardell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.}} f. 88.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Robert McCrum|nick=Cecil R. McCrum|appt=17 February, 1936<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.</ref>|end=3 June, 1936<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.</ref>|note=vice Fardell}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Power Carne|nick=William P. Carne|appt=3 June, 1936<ref>Carne Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/121/13.|}} f. 13.</ref>|end=17 August, 1936<ref>Carne Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/121/13.|}} f. 13.</ref>|note=vice McCrum}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Loben Edward Harold Maund|nick=Loben E. H. Maund|appt=17 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 228}}|end=14 March, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=8 May, 1938<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>|end=28 September, 1938<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=20 October, 1938<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>|end=28 October, 1938<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Collinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=18 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis John Butler|nick=Francis J. Butler|appt=18 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=7 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=7 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=27 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis John Butler|nick=Francis J. Butler|appt=27 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=3 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Matthew Sausse Slattery|nick=Matthew S. Slattery|appt=3 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=2 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Fielding Nalder|nick=Harold F. Nalder|appt=2 June, 1942<ref>Nalder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=24 August, 1942<ref>Nalder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Duncan Hamish Harper|nick=Duncan H. Harper|appt=24 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=15 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Noel Charles Mansfeldt Findlay|nick=Noel C. M. Findlay|appt=15 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=8 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Robert Sutherland Haines|nick=John R. S. Haines|appt=8 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=7 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Stephen Barry|nick=Stephen Barry|appt=7 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=4 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|succBy=Vessel Decommissioned}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
==Alterations==
''Danae'' was fitted with a director in June, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Danae.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 26 March 2022

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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