HMS Dunedin
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HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, pennant number D93. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Dunedin (named after the capital of Scotland, generally Anglicised as Edinburgh).
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Name | HMS Dunedin |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle-on-Tyne: Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
Laid down | 5 November 1917 |
Launched | 19 November 1918 |
Commissioned | 13 September 1919 |
Fate | Sunk 24 November 1941 by U-124 |
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Class and type | Danae-class light cruiser |
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Length | 445 ft (136 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km) |
Complement | 462 |
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