HMS Dauntless (D45)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dauntless
Ordered	September 1916
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	3 January 1917
Launched	10 April 1918
Commissioned	22 November 1918
Identification	Pennant number: 71 (Nov 18);[1] 45 (Nov 19); I.45 (1936); D.45 (1940)[2]
Fate	Broken up April 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Danae-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,650 tons
Length	471 ft (144 m)
Beam	46 ft (14 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)
Range	2,300 nm
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 40 mm QF 2 pdr "Pom-pom" AA guns twelve 21 inch (533 mm) (533 mm) torpedoes (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 Dauntless was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company of Jarrow, launched on 10 April 1918 and commissioned on 22 November 1918.