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Sunday, 3 September 2017

British light cruiser HMS Danea visited the Dutch East Indies in 1937

Danae-class

An item reported that the British light cruiser Danae visited the Dutch East Indies harbours Banda Neira between 2-6 February 1937 and Ternate between 8-11 February 1937.(1)

Note
1. Building ordered under the War Emergency Program in September 1916, laid down by Sir. W.G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company, High Waters, England on 11 December 1916, launched on 26 January 1918, completed on 18 July 1918, as the ORP Conrad in the Polish navy between 4 October 1944-25 September 1946, sold to Thos W. Ward to be broken up on 22 January 1948 and broken up in the Vickers Armstrong shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness after 27 March 1948. Part of the Danae-class light cruisers consisting of the completed Danae, Dragon, Dauntless, Delhi, Dunedin, Durban, Despatch and Diomede and the cancelled Daedalus, Daring, Desperate and Dryad, preceded by the C-class and succeeded by the Emerald-class. An improved C-class design including lengthening of the hull to make it possible to add an extra 15,2cm/6”gun situated between the bridge and the forefunnel.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.