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Monday, 16 September 2024

British light cruiser HMS Dunedin returned home according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary (W.I.S.) No. 44 dated 5 November 1921


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An item reported the arrival on 4 November at Portland by British light cruiser HMS Dunedin coming from Gibraltar.(1)

Note

1. Part of Danae or D-class light cruisers, preceded by C-class, succeeded by Emerald-class. Laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 November 917, launched on 19 November 1918, commissioned on 13 September 1919 and sunk by the German submarine U-124 on 24 November 1941 north east of Recife, Brazil east of the St. Paul’s Rock.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-129-73

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