Danae Class Cruiser - Ships

Ships

Three ships were ordered in September 1916 under the War Emergency Programme:

• Danae —

built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company, High Walker,

laid down 11 December 1916, launched 26 January 1918, completed 18 July 1918,

Transferred to the Polish Navy 4 October 1944 – 28 September 1946 as ORP Conrad, sold for breaking up 22 January 1948.

• Dauntless —

built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow,

laid down 3 January 1917, launched 10 April 1918, completed 2 December 1918,

sold for breaking up 13 February 1946.

• Dragon — built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock,

laid down 24 January 1917, launched 29 December 1917, completed 16 August 1918,

Transferred to Polish Navy 15 January 1943, damaged by German Neger manned torpedo off Caen 8 July 1944, written off and expended as breakwater off Normandy beaches 20 July 1944.

Three more ships were ordered in July 1917 under the War Emergency Programme:

• Delhi —

built by Armstrong Whitworth,

laid down 29 October 1917, launched 23 August 1918, completed 7 June 1919,

sold for breaking up 22 January 1948.

• Dunedin —

built by Armstrong Whitworth,

laid down 5 November 1917, launched 19 November 1918, completed by Devonport Royal Dockyard October 1919.

Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy 1925; torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-124 off Saint Paul's Rock in the South Atlantic 24 November 1941.

• Durban —

built by Scotts,

laid down 22 June 1918, launched 29 May 1919, completed by Devonport Royal Dockyard 1 September 1921,

expended as breakwater off Normandy beaches 9 June 1944.

Finally, six more ships were ordered in March 1918 under the War Emergency Programme:

• Despatch —

built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan,

laid down 8 July 1918, launched 24 September 1919, completed Chatham Royal Dockyard 2 June 1922,

sold for breaking up 5 April 1946.

• Diomede —

built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness,

laid down 3 June 1918, launched 29 April 1919, completed Portsmouth Royal Dockyard 24 February 1922.

Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy 1925; sold for breaking up 5 April 1946.

• Daedalus — ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, cancelled 26 November 1918.
• Daring — ordered from William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, cancelled 26 November 1918.
• Desperate — ordered from R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne, cancelled 26 November 1918.
• Dryad — ordered from Vickers, cancelled 26 November 1918.