HMS Danae (D44)
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HMS Danae was the lead ship of the Danae-class cruisers, serving with the Royal Navy between the world wars and with the Polish Navy during the latter part of World War II as ORP Conrad.
HMS Danae underway, August 1943
HMS Danae in 1937
America and West Indies Station 1st Division (HMS Dragon, HMS Danae and HMS Despatch) off Admiralty House in 1931 as they depart their base at the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda to exercise on the open ocean
Polish sailors raise the Polish flag on Danae's transfer to the Polish Navy
HMS Dragon (D46)
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HMS Dragon, also known in Polish service as ORP Dragon, was a D- or Danae-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in Glasgow, in December 1917, and scuttled in July 1944 off the Norma
HMS Danae (D44)
…and November of the following year, she passed to the Baltic Sea, where she supported the Whites in the Russian Civil War, along with her sister ships Dragon and Dauntless. In February 1920 she was attached to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet. In 1923 she was attached to the Special Service…
ORP Dragon
Dragon and the tanker War Angler at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, March 1918
Crew members from Dragon pose for a photo at the bow of the ship during a harbour visit in the 1920s.