RN · CL
SunkDanae-class light cruiser, pennant D46. Scotts of Greenock launched her on 29 December 1917 and she was completed on 16 August 1918. She joined the East Indies in November 1941, served under ABDA command in the Dutch East Indies, and was with Eastern Fleet Force B when the Japanese carriers came to Ceylon in April 1942. She was not lost there. Lent to Poland, she was expended as a breakwater off Normandy after a Neger torpedo hit her on 8 July 1944.
| Class | Danae class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | D46 |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Launched | 1917-12-29 |
| Commissioned | 1918-08-16 |
| Fate | Sunk. Hit by a Neger one-man torpedo off the Normandy beaches on 8 July 1944, while lent to Poland as ORP Dragon, then beached and used in the artificial harbour. Thirty-seven of her company were killed. Not lost in action against Japan. |
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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
RSShaw, Robert JohnCaptain from 27 August 1940Relieved on 25 May 1942GFFaulkner, George Vivian BarnettActing Captain from 25 May 1942Relieved on 26 July 1942PGGlover, Philip FosterCaptain from 26 July 1942Relieved on 15 January 1943AHHulewicz, AleksanderCommander from 15 May 1943Relieved on 15 July 1943EPPlawski, Eugeniusz Jozef StanislawCaptain from 15 July 1943Relieved on 12 January 1944SDDzienisiewicz, Stanislaw TytusCommander from 12 January 1944Relieved on 15 July 1944
Indian Ocean Raid
1942-04-05 · With Force B of the Eastern Fleet during the April 1942 search, then transferred to Kilindini; not sunk.
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