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HMS Danae - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Danae
Name : HMS Danae
Laid Down : 16th December 1964
Launched : 31st October 1965
Completed : 10th October 1967
Type : Frigate
Class : Leander
Builder : Devonport
Country : UK
Pennants : F47
Fate : To Ecuador (Moran Valverde) 1991.
Later became : Moran Valverde

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HMS Danae. Closing to fuel from RFA Tidespring, February 1972.


HMS Danae, June 1977.

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HMS Danae

Timeline Entries :


16th December 1964 - Laid down at Devonport
31st October 1965 - Launched
25th May 1967 - Contractors Sea Trials
7th September 1967 - Completed
10th October 1967 - Pennant F47
10th October 1967 - Commissioned at Plymouth
16th October 1967 - Sea Acceptance Trials
17th November 1967 - Arrived Cherbourg
20th November 1967 - Sailed Cherbourg
24th November 1967 - Arrived Dartmouth
26th November 1967 - Sailed Dartmouth
1st January 1968 - At Plymouth
6th January 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
7th January 1968 - Arrived Portsmouth. Inspection by C.S.O.T
8th January 1968 - Sailed Portsmouth
8th January 1968 - Arrived Portland Work up
26th February 1968 - Completed Work up
1st March 1968 - Arrived Plymouth
2nd March 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
5th March 1968 - Arrived Gibraltar
8th March 1968 - Sailed Gibraltar. Noise Trials
9th March 1968 - Arrived Gibraltar. Guard Ship
18th March 1968 - Arrived Malta AMP
29th March 1968 - Sailed Malta
1st April 1968 - Arrived Gibraltar. Refuelled
5th April 1968 - Arrived Plymouth
17th April 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
19th April 1968 - Arrived Dover
19th April 1968 - Arrived Zeebrugge
23rd April 1968 - Sailed Zeebrugge
24th April 1968 - Arrived Esbjerg
29th April 1968 - Sailed Esbjerg
30th April 1968 - Arrived Plymouth
30th April 1968 - Arrived Portland
2nd May 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
3rd May 1968 - Arrived Liverpool
6th May 1968 - Sailed Liverpool
7th May 1968 - Arrived Aberporth
10th May 1968 - Sailed Aberporth
11th May 1968 - Arrived Plymouth
12th May 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
13th May 1968 - Arrived Portland
16th May 1968 - Sailed Portland
17th May 1968 - Arrived Plymouth. SMP
28th May 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
30th May 1968 - Arrived Rosyth. Navy Days
3rd June 1968 - Sailed Rosyth
5th June 1968 - Arrived Scapa Flow
9th June 1968 - Sailed Scapa Flow
10th June 1968 - Commenced Exercise JUDAN
12th June 1968 - Completed Exercise JUDAN
13th June 1968 - Arrived Portsmouth
16th June 1968 - Sailed Portsmouth
17th June 1968 - Arrived Portsmouth
28th June 1968 - Sailed Portsmouth
29th June 1968 - Arrived Plymouth
3rd July 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
4th July 1968 - Arrived Rotterdam
9th July 1968 - Sailed Rotterdam In Company with CinC W.F.
10th July 1968 - Arrived Wilhelmshaven
14th July 1968 - Sailed Wilhelmshaven
16th July 1968 - Off Cape Wrath
19th July 1968 - Exercise Profiteer
21st July 1968 - Arrived Rosyth
1st August 1968 - Sailed Rosyth. Exercise Forthex
2nd August 1968 - Arrived Kalundborg
7th August 1968 - Sailed Kalundborg
9th August 1968 - Arrived Loch Ewe
10th August 1968 - Arrived Oban
13th August 1968 - Sailed Oban
14th August 1968 - Arrived Greenock
15th August 1968 - Sailed Greenock. Arrived Rothesay
16th August 1968 - Sailed Rothesay. Arrived Faslane
18th August 1968 - Sailed Faslane. Standing by HMS Renown during her diving trials
18th August 1968 - Arrived Brodick Bay
20th August 1968 - Sailed Brodick Bay. Arrived Campbeltown
25th August 1968 - Sailed Campbeltown
26th August 1968 - Arrived Plymouth
14th October 1968 - Sailed for Plymouth areas and Trials. Arrived Plymouth
18th October 1968 - Sailed Plymouth
20th October 1968 - Arrived Funchal, Madeira
24th October 1968 - Arrived Po.grande, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands
24th October 1968 - Sailed Funchal. Joined HMS Naiad and HMY Britannia
25th October 1968 - Sailed Po.grande, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands
29th October 1968 - Arrived Recife, Brazil
1st November 1968 - Sailed Recife
3rd November 1968 - Arrived Salvador. Anchored off breakwater
5th November 1968 - Sailed Salvador. Arrived Rio de Janeiro
9th November 1968 - Sailed Rio de Janeiro
17th November 1968 - Arrived Simonstown
20th November 1968 - Sailed Simonstown
23rd November 1968 - Arrived Baia de Sofala
7th December 1968 - Sailed Baia de Sofala. Beira Patrol
10th December 1968 - Arrived Farquahar Islands To inspect Korean fishing vessel aground
13th December 1968 - Arrived Gan. Sailed same day
18th December 1968 - Arrived Singapore SMP
13th January 1969 - Sailed Singapore
15th January 1969 - In the Malacca Straits
6th February 1969 - Arrived Singapore
12th February 1969 - Sailed Singapore
22nd February 1969 - Arrived Brisbane
25th February 1969 - Sailed Brisbane
28th February 1969 - Arrived Auckland, New Zealand
10th March 1969 - Sailed Auckland, New Zealand
13th March 1969 - Arrived Tana Island. Sailed same day
14th March 1969 - Arrived Vila Efate
15th March 1969 - Sailed Vila Efate
17th March 1969 - Arrived Honiara, Guadalcanal
18th March 1969 - Sailed Honiara, Guadalcanal
18th March 1969 - Arrived Gizo Island
19th March 1969 - Sailed Gizo Island
27th March 1969 - Arrived Hong Kong
5th April 1969 - Sailed Hong Kong
8th April 1969 - Arrived Okinawa Areas. Sailed same day
11th April 1969 - Arrived Wakayama, Japan
14th April 1969 - Sailed Wakayama, Japan
14th April 1969 - Arrived Kobe
21st April 1969 - Arrived Osake
21st April 1969 - Sailed Kobe
24th April 1969 - Sailed Osaka
26th April 1969 - Arrived Okinawa
27th April 1969 - Sailed Okinawa
30th April 1969 - Arrived Hong Kong. AMP
19th May 1969 - Sailed Hong Kong
21st May 1969 - Arrived Subic Bay, Phillipines. Sailed same day
22nd May 1969 - Arrived Manilla
26th May 1969 - Sailed Manilla. Commenced Exercise Sea Spirit
3rd June 1969 - Completed Exercise Sea Spirit
6th June 1969 - Arrived Sattaship, Thailand
7th June 1969 - Sailed Sattaship, Thailand
8th June 1969 - Arrived Bankok
10th June 1969 - Sailed Bankok
14th June 1969 - Arrived Singapore AMP
6th July 1969 - Sailed Singapore
7th July 1969 - Off East Coast of Malaysia
24th July 1969 - Arrived Singapore
31st July 1969 - Sailed Singapore
5th August 1969 - Arrived Gan. Sailed same day
8th August 1969 - Arrived Farquhar Islands. Sailed same day
11th August 1969 - Arrived Beira Patrol
18th August 1969 - Sailed Beira Patrol
22nd August 1969 - Arrived Simonstown. AMP
2nd September 1969 - Sailed Simonstown
12th September 1969 - Arrived Simonstown.
13th September 1969 - Sailed Simonstown
26th September 1969 - Arrived Gibraltar
28th September 1969 - Sailed Gibraltar
1st October 1969 - Arrived Portland. Sailed same day
2nd October 1969 - Arrived Plymouth
10th November 1969 - Weapon training at Portland
13th November 1969 - Completed weapon training
14th November 1969 - Arrived Dartmouth
16th November 1969 - Sailed Dartmouth
19th November 1969 - Arrived Campbeltown. Refuel
20th November 1969 - Arrived Portree
22nd November 1969 - Arrived Campbeltown. Refuel
23rd November 1969 - Arrived Hightown Scilly Isle
26th November 1969 - Sailed Hightown Scilly Isle
27th November 1969 - Arrived Portsmouth. Sailed same day
2nd December 1969 - Arrived Gibraltar
18th December 1969 - Sailed Gibraltar
22nd December 1969 - Arrived Plymouth
19th January 1970 - Sailed Plymouth
23rd January 1970 - Arrived Gibraltar
13th February 1970 - Arrived Lisbon
18th February 1970 - Arrived Plymouth
2nd January 1979 - At Plymouth
2nd January 1979 - At Plymouth
1991 - Sold to Ecuador

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A sad, but magnificent sight on 24th October 2003 as the last three British Airways Concordes bring commercial supersonic travel to a close, as they taxi together to their final dispersal at Heathrow.

Concorde Farewell by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £15.00 		The leading ace of the mighty Eighth Air Force, Gabby Gabreski. He finished the war with a total of 28 air victories and 2 1/2 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground by strafing airfields. Gabreski also scored 6 1/2 air victories in the Korean war.

Return From Bremen by Simon Smith.
Half Price! - £70.00 		At 3.30am on the 23rd June 1945, a Dakota of 357 (special duties) Squadron took off from Mingaladon airfield nr. Rangoon , to travel the 600 miles, 300 of them behind enemy lines, to rescue a downed American Liberator crew deep in the jungles of Siam .  The Dakota was flown by pilot Fl Lt. Larry Lewis, who already held the DFM awarded to him for 33 ops as a rear gunner on Wellingtons in 1941. Two crews had already failed when Lewis was asked to attempt this hazardous mission. Flying between 5,000 - 6,000ft he flew over The Hump, a ridge of mountains running down the spine of Burma . Local villagers had cleared a rough airstrip 800yds long with Lewis finding it by the time dawn broke. With monsoon clouds gathering, the Liberator crew aboard and the Dakota sinking in the wet ground, he managed, just, to get airborne. Flying at zero feet and looking out for Japanese Zero fighters Lewis took a different course back. Although being fired on from the ground they managed to make it all the way to the airfield at Dum Dum nr. Calcutta , India . Lewis was awarded an immediate DFC. By the end of the war he had completed 63 ops, held the rank of Squadron Leader with his service from 1938-1945, and was awarded the Air Efficiency Medal.

Larry Lewis DFC by Graeme Lothian. (P)
Half Price! - £1700.00 		On 27th November 1950, thousands of Chinese troops swarmed over the frozen Yalu river on the North Korean /Chinese border, cutting off US Marines in the Chosin Reservoir area. Over the next ten days the marines with air support from both the Navy and Marine Air Wings fought their way out of the trap to Hungnam and safety.

Frozen Chosin, Korea, December 1950 by David Pentland. (Y)
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High above the trenches in April 1918, 74 Squadron engage the famed JG 1 led by the renowned ace baron von Richthofen in his distinctive bright red DR 1. Edward Mick mannock flying a SE5.a diving down top engage another Fokker Dr1 as the red baron flies past momentarily catching each others eyes. The new CO of 74 squadron, major Grid Caldwell MC (bar) New Zealands top ace can be seen above entering the dog fight. But it would be Mannock who would go on to great fame. with 61 confirmed victories and to win the VC, DSO (bar) and MC (bar) After 74 squadron he replaced Billy Bishop of CO 85 Squadron on the 3rd July 1918, scoring 46 victories in the Se5.a He was killed by ground fire near Lestram, France on the 26th July 1918. his Victoria Cross being gazetted on the 18th July 1919. The red baron CO of the Richthofens Flying circus didnt survive the month, also killed by ground fire on the 24th April, he was buried by the Allies with full military honours.

Dawn Dog Fight, Mick Mannock VC by Graeme Lothian.
Half Price! - £50.00 		So often overshadowed by its own achievements as a ground attack aircraft, Hawkers mighty Typhoon also proved itself a formidable adversary in air to air combat as demonstrated by the successes of F/Lt (later Wing Commander) J R Baldwin who claimed no fewer than three Bf.109G4s in the skies above Kent on 20th January 1943 in a single sortie. Baldwin finished the war as the highest-scoring Typhoon pilot of all with 15 confirmed victories, one shared, one probable and four damaged. He was tragically lost over Korea in 1952 whilst on an exchange posting with the USAF, but is depicted here at the peak of his powers, flying Typhoon 1B DN360 (PR-A) of 609 Sqn.

Typhoon! by Ivan Berryman. (APB)
Half Price! - £75.00 		Routine, though essential, maintenance is carried out on a 501 Sqn Hurricane at the height of the Battle of Britain during the Summer of 1940.  Hurricane P3059 <i>SD-N</i> in the background is the aircraft of Group Captain Byron Duckenfield (deceased).

Ground Force by Ivan Berryman. (D)
Half Price! - £75.00 		Australian Ace Dick Cresswell tangles with a Japanese Zero in the humid air of the tropics over New Guinea during an encounter in 1942. Flying a P-40E Kittyhawk with the insignia of 77 Squadron, RAAF blazoned on his aircraft, Cresswell makes a head-on pass leaving the enemy aircraft streaming smoke. Immortalised by the Flying Tigers, the P-40 was a fine combat aircraft that operated in the Pacific, European and Middle East theaters.

Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y)
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HMS Hood readies to fire off a what proved to be the final salvo against the Bismarck before a shell from the German battleship penetrated the magazine of HMS Hood, tearing apart the British ship in an enormous explosion.

The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders. (P)
Half Price! - £3300.00 		The elegant but ill-fated jewel in the White Star crown Titanic was a technical marvel of engineering in its day. At 882 ft long, her perfect proportions and magnificent profile were the envy of other shipping companies. Her tragic loss on her maiden voyage was a crushing blow to the White Star Line that left the whole world in shock.

RMS Titanic. Ship of Dreams by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		Spearheading the Falklands Task Force as it heads south in 1982, the carrier HMS Hermes is shown in company with two Type 21 frigates, HMS Arrow on the left and HMS Ardent in the near foreground. In the far distance, HMS Glamorgan glints in the sun as Type 42 HMS Sheffield cuts across behind Hermes.

HMS Hermes by Ivan Berryman (AP)
Half Price! - £25.00 		Between 24th may and 4th June 1940 an extraordinary armada of craft, large and small, naval and civilian, embarked on one of the greatest rescue missions in history. the evacuation of 330,000 British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France. the destroyer HMS Wakeful dominates the foreground here as troops pour onto the beaches and harbour moles in search of salvation. Both Wakeful and distant HMS Grafton were lost during the evacuation.

Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman.
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The Flower Class corvette HMS Sunflower at sea in 1942. One of thirty ordered on 31st August 1939, K41 was built by Smiths Dockyard in just 9 months and 6 days, completed on 25th January 1941.

HMS Sunflower by Ivan Berryman (AP)
Half Price! - £25.00 		HMS Ark Royal after a recent refit, rejoins the fleet in 2001.

HMS Ark Royal by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £15.00 		The Type VII U-Boat became the standard design for German submarine warfare during the Second World War, sometimes hunting in packs, but more often alone. This Type VIIC has just claimed another victim, surfacing under the cover of night to observe the fiery demise of another victim.

Lone Wolf by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £25.00 		HMS Prince of Wales is shown firing on the Bismarck and in the background a huge black cloud is all that is left of HMS Hood.

HMS Prince of Wales by Brian Wood. (B)
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The relief of Bastogne turned the tide in the Battle of the Bulge and Hitlers final great offensive of World War II lay in ruins. P47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group, in company with P38 Lightnings, support the advancing armor of General George Pattons US Third Army as they prepare to relieve the battered 101st Airborne Division from their heroic defence of Bastogne during the final climax to the Battle of the Bulge, 24 December 1944. The Battle of the Bulge was one of the largest land battles of WWII with more than a million American, British and German troops involved, incurring huge casualties on all sides and this release pays tribute to the sacrifice of Allied Forces, during this important milestone in World War II. <br><br><b>Published 2005.</b

Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y)
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Lucknow 1857 - Queens Bays Trooper Engaging Mutinous Officer by Mark Churms. (P)
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17th Light Dragoons, 1780 by Jim Lancia. (P)
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Napoleons Peril at Brienne Le Chateau by Robert Hillingford.
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The American Civil War saw not only the split between north and south but also even between family members.
Brother Against Brother by Chris Collingwood.
Half Price! - £85.00 		In August 1808 the 2nd battalion of the 95th Rifles were part of the expedition commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley to Portugal and covered the landings at Mondego Bay. On 15th August during a skirmish at Obidos, they had the distinction of firing the first shots of the Peninsular War against the French. The Rifles were trained to think quickly and by themselves in dangerous situations, they were also taught to work and fight together in pairs while firing harassing and well aimed shots at the enemy. The Baker rifle which the 95th used was an accurate weapon for its day, with reported kills being taken up to 270 metres away. During the Peninsular War, Rifleman Thomas Plunkett of the 1st Battalion, 95th Rifles, shot the French General Auguste-Marie-Francois Colbert at a range that may have been even greater. Rifleman Thomas Plunkett then shot a second French officer who rode to the general's aid.

Tribute to the 95th Rifles by Chris Collingwood. (P)
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The Black Prince Before the Battle of Crecy by Mark Churms.
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The Magician, Balkans, 11th April 1941 by David Pentland. (GL)
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Jim Clark in his Lotus-Ford 38 winning in the record breaking 1965 Indianapolis 500 Mile Classic.

Jim Clark by Ray Goldsbrough.
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Matt le Tissier by Gary Brandham.
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Encore by Graham Bosworth
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David Coulthard by Michael Thompson.
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Jacques Villeneuve.

The Maple Leaf Maestro by Stuart Coffield
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Harbour Master by Gerald Coulson. (Y)
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Muirfield - 13th Hole by Mark Chadwick
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