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Sunday, 3 May 2020

British cruiser light Dunedin (1918) in 1923

Danae-class

D-design .Launched in 1918, completed in 1919, displacement 4.650 tons, horsepower 40.000 hp, oil fired turbine geared machinery and an armament of 6-6” guns, 2-3” anti aircraft guns, 16-3pd and 2pd guns and machineguns and 12 torpedo tubes.(1)

Note
1. Brassey‘s naval and shipping annual 1923. Displacement 4.750 tons and as dimensions 445 x 46 x 14.3 feet. Horsepower 40.000 hp. Built at Armstrong. Armour 3”and guns protected by shields. Speed 29 knots. Oil bunker capacity 1.050 tons. Crew numbered 340 men.

Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at the Hague, Netherlands)  inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923.