HMS Durban

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Durban
Ordered	September 1917
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock Completed by Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	January 1918
Launched	29 May 1919
Commissioned	1 November 1921
Identification	Pennant number: 99 (Aug 21); I.99 (1936); D.99 (1940)[1]
Fate	Sunk as breakwater, 9 June 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Danae-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,650 tons
Length	472.5 ft (144.0 m)
Beam	46.5 ft (14.2 m)
Draught	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion	Six Yarrow-type water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines Two shafts 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km; 2,600 mi)
Complement	350
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 QF 2-pounder (40-mm) "Pom-pom" AA guns twelve 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (4 triple launchers)
Armour	3-inch side (amidships) 2, 1¾, 1½ side (bow and stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder

HMS Durban was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 29 May 1919 and commissioned on 1 November 1921.