Danae 1918

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	DANAE
Type:	Cruiser
Keel:	11/12/1916
Launched:	26/01/1918
Completed:	18/07/1918
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	914
Dimensions:	4850disp - 5925disp, 445.0 x 46.5 x 14.5(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 40000shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co, Wallsend
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 29.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	6 x 1 x 6.0ins, 3 x 1 x 4.0ins AA, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns, 4 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes

History:
18/07/1918	British Royal Navy
04/10/1944	Government of Poland; renamed CONRAD
28/09/1946	British Royal Navy; renamed DANAE
22/01/1948	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Danae Class
	22/01/1948: Sold for breaking up to TW Ward Ltd
	27/03/1948: Arrived at Barrow for breaking up