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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Danae'' (1918)|fate2=Broken up
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Danae'''''
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|fatedate=Jan, 1948{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
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|name=Danae
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|launch=26 Jan, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
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|builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
|32 (Jul 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919'', p. 50.</ref>
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|laid=11 Dec, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
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|fate=Sold
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|pend=32 (Jul 1918){{DittColl|p. 50}}
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|26 January, 1918
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==Alterations==
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==Service==
''Danae'' was fitted with a director in June, 1918.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 11-12.</ref>
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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}}
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 September, 1925 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}}, this time on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 230}}
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 17 April, 1928 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 230}}
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''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}}
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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}}
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 August, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 228}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Danae''">
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{{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}}
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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}}
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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}}
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{{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}}
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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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lachlan Donald Ian MacKinnon|nick=Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon|appt=28 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 230}}|end=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Loben Edward Harold Maund|nick=Loben E. H. Maund|appt=17 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 228}}|end=14 March, 1938}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis John Butler|nick=Francis J. Butler|appt=18 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=7 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=7 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=27 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis John Butler|nick=Francis J. Butler|appt=27 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=3 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Matthew Sausse Slattery|nick=Matthew S. Slattery|appt=3 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=2 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Duncan Hamish Harper|nick=Duncan H. Harper|appt=24 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}|end=15 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1201}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Danae_(D44) Wikipedia]
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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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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Danae_(D44)}}
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:47, 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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