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==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Danae'' was fitted with a director upon her commissioning in June, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
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She re-commissoned at Chatham on 5 January, 1923 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 230}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Danae''">
 
<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}}}}
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{{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=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=21 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 746}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=21 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 746}}|end=28 April, 1923}}
 
{{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=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=March, 1925|end=March, 1927}}
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{{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=January, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lachlan Donald Ian Mackinnon|nick=Lachlan D. I. Mackinnon|appt=January, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}|end=1929{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}|end=1929{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Barry|nick=Stephen Barry|appt=August, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Barry|nick=Stephen Barry|appt=August, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
</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==

Revision as of 09:50, 7 July 2017

H.M.S. Danae (1918)
Pendant Number: 32 (Jul 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[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]

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. (February, 1919). p. 773.
  10. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  11. Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 756.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 746.
  14. Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  15. Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  22. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  25. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  26. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  27. Fardell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 88.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  38. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  39. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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