HMS Danae

Survived

Type	Light cruiser
Class	Danae
War	Second World War
Main guns	1918 × 6″ guns

Service

to 1944	Danae	Britain
1944–1946	Conrad Lent to the Polish Navy	Poland
from 1946	Danae	Britain

Old D-class cruiser that bombarded Sword Beach on D-Day. Lent to the Polish Navy in October 1944 in Dragon's place and renamed Conrad, after the Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad. Returned in 1946 and scrapped in 1948.

British light cruiser HMS DANAE underway. From October 1944 to September 1946 she served with the Polish Navy as ORP Conrad. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

1918: six BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) L/45 Mark XII guns on single mountings CP Mark XIV
two QF 3-inch (76.2 mm) Mk II AA guns
two 40 mm QF 2 pdr "Pom-pom" AA guns
twelve 21 inch (533 mm) (533 mm) torpedoes (4 triple launchers)
1930: six BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) L/45 Mark XII guns
three QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V AA guns
two 40 mm 2 pdr Pom-pom AA guns
twelve 533 mm torpedo launchers
1942: six 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns
two 4-inch Mk V AA guns
six 40 mm 2 pdr Pom-pom AA
1943: five 6-inch (152 mm) guns
one 4-inch (102 mm) gun
8 × 40 mm 2 pdr Pom-pom AA guns
3 × quadruple mounting Mark VII 2 pounder Mark VIII guns
12 × 20 mm AA guns
depth charge launcher

Armour

3 inch side (amidships)
2, 1¾, 1½ side (bow and stern)
1 inch upper decks (amidships)
1 inch deck over rudder

Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Laid down	1 December 1916
Launched	26 January 1918
Commissioned	22 July 1918
Displacement	4,276 tons Full: 5,603 tons After 1924: 4,850
Length	445 ft (136 m)
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	462

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

26 January 1918

Normandy landings

Survived

6 June 1944

Off Sword

Renamed ORP Conrad

Poland

October 1944 · Lent to the Polish Navy

Renamed HMS Danae

Britain

1946

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 27 March 1948 at Barrow