HMS Dunedin

Dunedin turning into Gardens Reach on the Brisbane River. South Brisbane wharves in background.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dunedin
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth Newcastle-on-Tyne: Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Laid down5 November 1917
Launched19 November 1918
Commissioned13 September 1919
IdentificationPennant number: 96 (Aug 19);[1]93 (Nov 19); I.93 (1936); D.93 (1940)[2]
FateSunk 24 November 1941 by U-124
General characteristics
Class and typeDanae-class light cruiser
Displacement
  • 4,276 tons
  • Full: 5,603 tons
  • After 1924: 4,850
Length445 ft (136 m)
Beam46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Draught14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion
Speed29 knots (54 km/h)
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km)
Complement462
Armament
Armour
  • 3 inch side (amidships)
  • 2, 1¾, 1½ side (bow and stern)
  • 1 inch upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch deck over rudder

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).

  1. ^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 50.
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.