RN · CL
AfloatDanae-class light cruiser, pennant D44. Armstrong at Elswick launched her on 26 January 1918 and she was completed on 18 July 1918. She was on the China Station when Japan entered the war, served with the Western Striking Force in the Dutch East Indies, and came back to the Eastern Fleet in 1943. She was not sunk. In October 1944 she became the Polish cruiser ORP Conrad.
| Class | Danae class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | D44 |
| Builder | Armstrong, Elswick, Newcastle |
| Launched | 1918-01-26 |
| Commissioned | 1918-07-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. Lent to the Polish Navy as ORP Conrad on 4 October 1944 and returned in September 1946. Sold to T. W. Ward at Barrow on 22 January 1948 and arrived at the yard on 27 March 1948. Not sunk. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Command
FBButler, Francis JohnActing Captain from 27 November 1940Relieved on 2 May 1942MSSlattery, Matthew SausseCaptain from 2 May 1942Relieved on 3 June 1942HNNalder, Harold FieldingCaptain from 3 June 1942Relieved on 24 August 1942DHHarper, Duncan HamishLieutenant-Commander from 24 August 1942Relieved on 15 October 1942NFFindlay, Noel Charles MansfeldtActing Commander from 15 October 1942Relieved on 8 June 1943JHHaines, John Robert SutherlandCaptain from 8 June 1943Relieved on 7 August 1944SBBarry, StephenActing Captain from 7 August 1944Relieved on 4 October 1944SDDzienisiewicz, Stanislaw TytusCommander from 4 October 1944Relieved on 26 July 1945RNNalecz-Tyminski, RomualdCommander from 27 July 1945Relieved on 28 September 1946
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