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:D45
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.

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