HMS Danae (F47)

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HMS Danae in January 1970
History
United Kingdom
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
Motto	Timeant Daneios ("Let them fear those belonging to Danae")
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
Armament	As built: 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns 1 × quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launchers 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar From 1980: 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers 3 × quadruple Seacat anti-aircraft missile launchers 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter From 1980: 1 × Lynx helicopter

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.