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Danae (H.M.S.)

Danae (H.M.S.)
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物語

This cruiser was built in 1918 by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd. in High Walker.

歴史的注記

In 1935, at the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, this vessel escorted various evacuation convoys from Shanghai to Hong Kong and was fired at by the Japanese Navy. Christopher Cole states (British Columbian Nautical History Facebook Group 12/06/2017) that "In 1934 this vesselvisited the British Columbia coast for "Navy Week" along with H.M.S. Norfolk." In 1948 this vessel was broken up.

所有者と船長

In 1918-1944 she served with the Royal Navy.

In 1944 she was transferred to the Polish Navy.

In 1946 she was recommissioned into the Royal Navy.

船長

Commander Stanisław Dzienisiewicz (1944);

名前の由来

In Greek mythology, Danae was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.

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