 | |
| Class | Danae |
| Type | Light Cruiser |
| Year | 1918 |
| Crew | 450-469 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 143.6 m |
| Beam | 13.9 m |
| Draught | 5 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 4,970 t |
| Loaded | 5,870 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 54 km/h |
| Range | 9,260 km @ 28 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Brown-Curtis/Parsons |
| Boilers | 6 x Yarrow |
| Fuel | Oil: 1,050 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 6 x 152-mm/45 (6 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 2 x 76-mm (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 2 x 40-mm (2 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. II |
| Torpedo tubes | 12 x 533-mm (4 x 3) |
| Broadside | 272 kg |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 38 - 76 mm |
| Deck | 25 mm |
| Gun turret | 25 mm |
| Conning tower | 76 mm |
| Production | |
| Built | 8 |
| Total | 8 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
| Danae (I): | |||||||||
|
Danae | I44 | Armstrong | 11/12/1916 | 26/01/1918 | 22/07/1918 | 22/01/1948 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Dauntless | I45 | Palmers | 03/01/1917 | 10/04/1918 | 22/11/1918 | 02/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Dragon | I46 | Scotts | 24/01/1917 | 29/12/1917 | 16/08/1918 | 15/01/1943 | Transferred | |
| Danae (II): | |||||||||
|
Delhi | I47 | Armstrong | 29/10/1917 | 23/08/1918 | 06/1919 | 12/02/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Despatch | I30 | Fairfield | 08/07/1918 | 24/09/1919 | 02/06/1922 | 05/1944 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Diomede | I92 | Vickers | 03/06/1918 | 29/04/1919 | 10/1922 | 10/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Dunedin † | I93 | Armstrong | 05/11/1917 | 19/11/1918 | 13/09/1919 | 24/11/1941 | † | Loss by torpedo |
|
Durban | I99 | Scotts | 01/1918 | 29/05/1919 | 01/11/1921 | 10/1943 | Sunk as breakwater | |
|
Daedalus | Armstrong | 1918 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
|
Daring | Beardmore | 1918 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
|
Desperate | Hawthorn Leslie | 1918 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
|
Dryad | Vickers | 1918 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
| Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
 |
Conrad | D44 | |
Danae | I44 | 04/10/1944 | 28/09/1946 | Returned | |
|
Dragon † | D46 | |
Dragon | I46 | 15/01/1943 | 08/07/1944 | † | Loss by submarine |
 |
Diomede | |
Dragon | I46 | 10/1925 | 03/1936 | Returned | ||
|
Dunedin | |
Dragon | I46 | 05/1924 | 03/1937 | Returned |
