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HMS Danae Laid Down : 1st December 1916 Launched : 26th January 1918 Completed : 22nd July 1918 Type : Cruiser Class : D Builder : Armstrong Country : UK Sequence : This is the 5th ship with this name. Pennants : D44, I44 Fate : Loaned to Poland as ORP Conrad between 4th October 1944 and 28th September 1946. Later became : Conrad |
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1st December 1916 - Laid down 26th January 1918 - Launched June 1918 - Harwich Force 1st June 1919 - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet 3rd November 1919 - Sailed Chatham 5th November 1919 - Sailed Queenstown for Halifax 12th November 1919 - Arrived Halifax 2nd December 1919 - Sailed Portsmouth for Chatham 14th January 1920 - Arrived Sheerness from Chatham to join the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron 14th January 1920 - Capt. T.E. Wardle in Command 30th March 1920 - Arrived Chatham 5th April 1920 - Arrived Chatham 5th April 1920 - Capt. F.C. Fisher in Command 1st February 1921 - Sailed UK for Horta 1st February 1921 - Capt. F.C. Fisher in Command 1st February 1921 - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron 7th February 1921 - Sailed Horta for Ponta Delgado 15th February 1921 - Sailed Ponta Delgado for Madeira 15th February 1921 - Sailed Ponta Delgado for Funchal 17th February 1921 - Arrived Funchal 28th February 1921 - Sailed Funchal 1st March 1921 - Arrived Teneriffe 5th March 1921 - Sailed Teneriffe 6th March 1921 - Arrived Las Palmas 10th March 1921 - Sailed Las Palmas for Gibraltar 10th March 1921 - Sailed Las Palmas 12th March 1921 - Arrived Gibraltar 17th March 1921 - Sailed Gibraltar 22nd March 1921 - Arrived UK 30th July 1921 - Sailed Riga for Revel 31st July 1921 - Arrived Revel 2nd August 1921 - Sailed Reval 2nd August 1921 - Arrived Helingfors 5th August 1921 - Sailed Helsingfoss for Stockholm 9th August 1921 - Sailed Stockholm for Memel 11th August 1921 - Arrived Copenhagen 13th August 1921 - Sailed Copenhagen for Keil 14th August 1921 - Arrived Heligoland 15th August 1921 - Sailed Heligoland for Cuxhaven 15th August 1921 - Arrived Cuxhaven 16th August 1921 - Sailed Cuxhaven for Sheerness 17th August 1921 - Arrived Sheerness 9th February 1922 - Arrived Pollensa Bay 9th February 1922 - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron 20th February 1922 - Sailed Pollensa Bay 21st February 1922 - Arrived Palma 4th March 1922 - Sailed Palma 6th March 1922 - Arrived Gibraltar 13th March 1922 - Sailed Gibraltar 16th March 1922 - Arrived Arosa Bay 25th March 1922 - Sailed Arosa Bay 27th March 1922 - Arrived La Rochelle 7th April 1922 - Sailed La Rochelle 1923 - Capt. Francis M. Austin in Command 31st August 1923 - Completed refit at Chatham 20th September 1925 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th March 1929 - Exercising off North Africa Coast 19th March 1929 - Arrived Pollensa Bay 11th December 1930 - Sailed Port Stanley for Port Edgar 28th January 1932 - Sailed Santa Dimingo 16th February 1932 - Sailed Kingston, Jamaica 19th February 1932 - Arrived Havana from Kingston, Jamaica 19th February 1932 - Capt. A.L. St. G. Lyster in Command 24th February 1932 - Sailed Havana 1st July 1932 - Capt. C.H. Knox-Little Assumed Command 1st October 1932 - Capt. C. H. Knox-Little in Command 1st October 1932 - 8th Cruiser Squadron, America and West Indies Station 6th January 1933 - Arrived Galvaston 6th January 1933 - Capt. C.H. Knox-Little in Command 10th January 1933 - Sailed Galvaston for Houston 11th January 1933 - Sailed Bermuda 15th January 1933 - Arrived Miami 22nd January 1933 - Sailed Miami 23rd January 1933 - Arrived Havana 30th January 1933 - Sailed Havana 2nd February 1933 - Arrived Kingston 12th February 1933 - Sailed Kingston 15th February 1933 - Arrived Belize 20th February 1933 - Sailed Belize 23rd February 1933 - Arrived Vera Cruz 3rd March 1933 - Sailed Vera Cruz 6th March 1933 - Arrived New Orleans 14th March 1933 - Sailed New Oleans 15th March 1933 - Arrived Pensicola 23rd March 1933 - Sailed Pensicola 26th March 1933 - Arrived Nassau 31st March 1933 - Sailed Nassau 3rd April 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 15th April 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar for Bermuda 24th April 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 25th April 1933 - Arrived Bermuda 10th June 1933 - Sailed Bermuda for the St. Lawrence 10th June 1933 - Capt. C.H. Knox-Little in Command 10th June 1933 - Sailed Bermuda for Halifax 23rd June 1933 - Arrived Montreal 3rd July 1933 - Sailed Montreal 29th July 1933 - Arrived Bar Harbour, Maine 18th August 1933 - Sailed Boston, Mass for Bermuda 24th August 1933 - Sailed Bermuda 29th August 1933 - Arrived St. Kitts 1st September 1933 - Sailed St. Kitts 2nd September 1933 - Arrived Barbados 13th September 1933 - Sailed Barbados 14th September 1933 - Arrived Tobago 18th September 1933 - Sailed Tobago 19th September 1933 - Arrived Georgetown 26th September 1933 - Sailed Georgetown 27th September 1933 - Arrived Trinidad 30th September 1933 - Sailed Trinidad 4th October 1933 - Arrive Kingston 9th October 1933 - Sailed Kingston 10th October 1933 - Arrived Grand Cayman 12th October 1933 - Sailed Lt. Cayman 12th October 1933 - Sailed Grand Cayman 12th October 1933 - Arrived Lt. Cayman 13th October 1933 - Arrive Kingston 18th October 1933 - Sailed Kingston 19th October 1933 - Arrived Grand Turk Island 20th October 1933 - Sailed Grand Turk Island 23rd October 1933 - Arrived Bermuda November 1933 - Washington D.C. 3rd November 1933 - Sailed Bermuda for Washinton 11th January 1934 - Sailed Bermuda 12th January 1934 - Sailed Bermuda for Miami 12th January 1934 - Capt. C.H. Knox-Little in Command 15th January 1934 - Arrived Miami 15th January 1934 - Arrived Miami 22nd January 1934 - Sailed Miami 25th January 1934 - Arrived Kingston, Jamaica 3rd February 1934 - Sailed Kingston for Belize 6th February 1934 - Arrived Belize 13th February 1934 - Sailed Belize for Vera Cruz 16th February 1934 - Arrived Vera Cruz 24th February 1934 - Sailed Vera Cruz for New Orleans 7th March 1934 - Sailed New Orleans 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Pensacola for Nassau 25th March 1934 - Sailed St. Petersburg, Florida 26th March 1934 - Arrived Nassau 5th April 1934 - Arrived Bermuda 18th May 1934 - Sailed Bermuda for Montserrat 30th May 1934 - Sailed Monserrat for Bermuda 7th June 1934 - Sailed Bermuda for Esquimalt 7th June 1934 - Sailed Bermuda 7th June 1934 - Capt. C.H. Knox-Little in Command 13th June 1934 - Arrived Balboa 18th June 1934 - Sailed Balboa 18th June 1934 - Sailed Balboa for San Diego 29th June 1934 - Arrived San Diego 5th July 1934 - Sailed San Diego 9th July 1934 - Arrived Esquimalt 18th July 1934 - Sailed Esquimalt 18th July 1934 - Arrived Comox 8th August 1934 - Sailed Comox 11th August 1934 - Arrived Juneau 13th August 1934 - On the American and West Indies Station 16th August 1934 - Sailed Juneau 17th August 1934 - Arrived Prince Rupert 23rd August 1934 - Sailed Prince Rupert 25th August 1934 - Arrived Nanaimo 29th August 1934 - Arrived Vancouver 29th August 1934 - Sailed Nanaimo 5th September 1934 - Sailed Vancouver 6th September 1934 - Arrived Tacoma 11th September 1934 - Sailed Tacoma 12th September 1934 - Arrived Port Alberni 17th September 1934 - Sailed Alberni 20th September 1934 - Arrived San Francisco 20th September 1934 - Arrived San Fransisco 27th September 1934 - Sailed San Fransisco 28th September 1934 - Arrived Long Beach 6th October 1934 - Sailed Long Beach 16th October 1934 - Arrived Balboa 17th October 1934 - Sailed Balboa 17th October 1934 - Arrived Cristobel 19th October 1934 - Arrive Kingston 20th October 1934 - Arrived Kingston, Jamaica 25th October 1934 - Sailed Kingston 29th October 1934 - Arrived Bermuda 16th January 1935 - Sailed Bermuda 16th January 1935 - Captain C.H. Knox-Little in Command 19th January 1935 - Sailed Bermuda for Georgetown 22nd January 1935 - Arrived Georgetown, Demerara 29th January 1935 - Sailed Georgetown, Demerara 30th January 1935 - Arrived Port of Spain, Trinidad 5th February 1935 - Sailed Port of Spain, Trinidad 22nd February 1935 - Arrived Kingston, Jamaica 6th March 1935 - Sailed Kingston Jamaica 7th March 1935 - Arrived Cayman Islands 11th March 1935 - Sailed Cayman Islands 21st March 1935 - Arrived St. Petersburg 28th March 1935 - Arrived Charleston 3rd April 1935 - Sailed Charleston for Bermuda 6th April 1935 - Arrived Bermuda July 1935 - Capt. C.H. Knox-Little Relinquished Command 30th July 1935 - Arrived Powell River 3rd June 1936 - Cdr. W.P. Carne Assumed Command 3rd June 1936 - Cdr. C.R. McCrum Relinquished Comman 25th August 1936 - Commissioned 25th August 1936 - Capt. L.E.H. Maund Assumed Command 27th August 1936 - Capt. L.E.H. Maund Assumed Command 1st September 1936 - Sailed Portsmouth for the China Station 2nd September 1936 - Sailed Portsmouth 5th September 1936 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th September 1936 - Arrived Malta 9th September 1936 - Arrived Malta for Work up 29th September 1936 - Sailed Malta 2nd October 1936 - Arrived Port Said 4th October 1936 - Passage through Suez 4th October 1936 - Sailed Port Said 9th October 1936 - Arrived Aden 9th October 1936 - Arrived Aden 12th October 1936 - Sailed Aden 19th October 1936 - Arrived Colombo 22nd October 1936 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 22nd October 1936 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 28th October 1936 - Arrived Singapore 13th January 1937 - Arrived Sydney 14th April 1937 - Arrived Putu 24th April 1937 - Sailed Shanghai 27th April 1937 - Arrived Nanking 15th July 1937 - Arrived Nanking 4th August 1937 - Arrived Chingwangtao 5th August 1937 - Arrived Wusung 13th August 1937 - Sailed Chinwangtao 14th August 1937 - Arrived Chefoo 23rd August 1937 - Sailed Chefoo 23rd October 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for UK 23rd October 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for Penang 9th December 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth from China 9th December 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 10th December 1937 - At Portsmouth 10th December 1937 - Capt. L.E.H. Maund in Command January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 24th January 1938 - Taken in hand for refit for passing into reserve 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 25th August 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 28th August 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 2nd September 1939 - 9th Cruiser Squadron, South Atlantic Command, Freetown 3rd September 1939 - Sailed Freetown for Simonstown 7th October 1939 - Sailed Capetown on escort duties 9th October 1939 - Sailed Capetown on escort duties 18th October 1939 - Sailed Dakar for St. Helena 22nd October 1939 - Arrived St. Helena 22nd October 1939 - Sailed St. Helena escorting Athlone Castle for Simonstown 28th October 1939 - Arrived Simonstown, escorting troopship Athlone Castle from St Helena 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Simonstown for Mauritius 10th November 1939 - Sailed Mauritius for Colombo 18th November 1939 - Arrived Colombo 20th November 1939 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 26th November 1939 - Arrived Singapore 29th November 1939 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 3rd December 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong for refitting 5th December 1939 - Taken in hand for repairs at Hong Kong 14th February 1940 - Refit completed at Hong Kong 14th February 1940 - Repairs completed at Hong Kong 6th March 1940 - Sailed Hong Kong on patrol. 21st March 1940 - Saiked Singapore on patrol 25th July 1943 - Arrived Scapa Flow 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings |
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