Historia
This cruiser (light) (danae-class) was built in 1921 by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in Greenock, Scotland.
Notas históricas
On August 6th to 10th, 1928 (Captain R. Leatham RN i/c) this vessel visited Seattle WA for fleet week with HMCS Vancouver. This vessel returned to Esquimalt on August 10th. On August 22nd Liieutenant HRH Prince George RN joined her at Vancouver and this vessel sailed for San Diego CA on August 31st.
Propietarios y capitanes
Her service between completion and 1936 when she was placed in Reserve, was mainly on foreign stations, in China, the West Indies and in the Mediterranean. On 9 June 1944 she was scuttled to form part of the Gooseberry 5 breakwater for protecting the artificial harbour off Ouistreham in the Seine Bay.
Armamento
six BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) L/45 Mark XII guns on single mountings CP Mark XIV
two QF 3-inch (76.2 mm) Mk II AA guns
two 40 mm QF 2 pdr "Pom-pom" AA guns
twelve 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes (4 triple launchers)
Referencias
- Longstaff, Major F.V. (1941)
- J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
