HMS Dunedin

	Dunedin turning into Gardens Reach on the Brisbane River. South Brisbane wharves in background.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dunedin
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle-on-Tyne: Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Laid down	5 November 1917
Launched	19 November 1918
Commissioned	13 September 1919
Fate	Sunk 24 November 1941 by U-124
General characteristics
Class and type	Danae-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,276 tons; Full: 5,603 tons; After 1924: 4,850;
Length	445 ft (136 m)
Beam	46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion	Six Yarrow-type water-tube boilers; Parsons geared steam turbines; Two shafts; 40,000 shp (30 MW);
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km)
Complement	462
Armament	1918: 6 x BL 6-inch (152 mm) L/45 Mark XII on single mountings CP Mark XIV (152 mm); 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) Mk II AA guns; 2 × 40 mm QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" AA guns; 12 × 21 inch (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 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).

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