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  Danae 1943 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dragon (ex-Dragon)	D46	484	Scotts, Greenock, UK	24.1.1917	29.12.1917	8.1918 // 15.1.1943	CTL 8.7.1944, scuttled as breakwater 7.1944
Conrad (ex-Danae)	D44	914	Armstrong, Elswick, UK	11.12.1916	26.1.1918	6.1918 // 4.10.1944	to UK 28.9.1946 (Danae)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4575
Displacement full, t	6000
Length, m	135.6 pp 143.7 oa
Breadth, m	14.0
Draught, m	4.95
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 6 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	40000
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	oil 1050
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(15)
Armour, mm	belt: 76 - 38, deck: 25, CT: 76, gun shields: 25
Armament	Dragon: 6 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 3 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 3 - 533 TT Conrad: 5 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF MK XVI, 2 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Electronic equipment	Dragon: type 273, type 285, type 291 radars Conrad: type 271, type 282, type 283, type 291 radars
Complement	450 (469 as flagship)

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Project history

Former British cruisers of D class. Dragon was transferred to Poland 15.1.1943. Dragon was hard damaged 8.7.1944 at coast of Normandy by German Neger type midget submarines. She was never repaired and scuttled at Arromanches coast as breakwater at building of artifical harbour "Mulberry". Instead of scuttled ship 4.10.1944 other cruiser of the same class, Danae, received name Conrad under Polish flag.

Ship protection

Armoured belt protected ship at full length, its thickness was 76mm abreast machinery spaces (51mm armour on 25mm plating), 51mm (38mm armour on 13mm plating) aft and 38mm (25mm armour on 13mm plating) fore. Belt was closed by aft 25mm bulkhead near stern. It extended to main deck (and to upper deck abreast machinery). Machinery and steering gear were covered by 25mm deck. Magazines had additional 25mm box-shaped protection.

Modernizations

Dragon, 4.1943: - 2 x 1 - 102/45, 2 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

Dragon, 9.1943: - 1 x 1 - 152/45, 1 x 1 - 102/45, 4 x 1 - 20/70; + 5 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

Dragon, 1944: - 4 x 3 - 533 TT

Naval service

Dragon was hard damaged 8.7.1944 at coast of Normandy by German Neger type midget submarines. She was never repaired and scuttled at Arromanches coast as breakwater at building of artifical harbour "Mulberry".

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.