HMS Danae (F47)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Danae.
HMS Danae was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Danae was built by Devonport Dockyard. She was launched on 31 October 1965 and commissioned on 10 October 1967.
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Name | HMS Danae |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 16 December 1964 |
Launched | 31 October 1965 |
Commissioned | 10 October 1967 |
Decommissioned | 1991 |
Identification | Pennant number: F47 |
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Fate | Sold to Ecuadorian Navy |
Ecuador | |
Name | BAE Morán Valverde |
Commissioned | 1991 |
Decommissioned | October 2008 |
Identification | Hull number: FM 02 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
Length | 113.4 m (372 ft) |
Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
Range | 4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 223 |
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