HMS Danae (F47)
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HMS Danae in January 1970
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
Construction
Danae was ordered during 1963 as one of three Leanders built under the 1963–1964.[1] The ship was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 16 December 1964, was launched on 31 October 1965 and completed on 7 September 1967.[2][3] She commissioned with the Pennant number F47 on 10 October 1967.[4]
Danae was 372 feet (113.4 m) long
A twin
As built, Danae was fitted with a large Type 965 long range air search
In 1968, Danae became a
In 1974, Danae deployed to the Far East via South Africa, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The following year, Danae performed a variety of duties while in the North Atlantic including oil-rig and fishery protection. She became a member (later flagship) of the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic, shadowing the Russian Navy's Ocean 75 exercise.
During the 1970s, Danae was one of the Leander-class frigates used as the fictional "HMS Hero" for the popular TV drama series
In 1977, Danae took part in the Royal Navy
.In August 1977, Danae started a major reconstruction at
In January 1982, Danae joined NATO's Standing Naval Force North Atlantic on a six-month assignment[13] and in June that year, in the aftermath of the Falklands War, deployed as part of the escort of the carrier Illustrious when she deployed to the South Atlantic, returning to Devonport in October 1982.[14][15] In June–July 1983 Danae had her close-in anti-aircraft armament strengthened as a result of operational experience in the Falklands. A twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon mount was fitted aft, while two single Oerlikon 20 mm guns, in BMARC GAM BO1 mounts, replaced the ship's boats amidships, and improved launchers for chaff and flares were fitted.[10][16] Following this modification, the ship returned to the South Atlantic to undertake a Falkland Islands patrol, at a time when that region was still very tense.[15] In 1985, Danae made yet another journey to the South Atlantic. In the late 1980s the ship became ever more active with NATO's multi-national squadrons, though she was beginning to show signs of her increasing age.
Ecuadorian service
In 1991, Danae was decommissioned from the Royal Navy and was sold to the Ecuadorian Navy, along with Penelope, on 25 April 1991.Danae's torpedo tubes were removed before transfer, and the sale did not include Exocet or Seacat missiles. Danae was renamed BAE Morán Valverde in Ecuadorian service, with the Pennant Number FM-01.[17] Morán Valverde had Exocet missiles restored in Ecuadorian service, while three twin SIMBAD launchers for Mistral anti-aircraft missiles replaced the Seacat launchers. The ship was re-fitted with six anti-submarine torpedo tubes, launching Italian Whitehead A244 torpedoes (These torpedo tubes had been removed from two Esmeraldas-class corvettes.[18]
In 2002, Jane's Fighting Ships noted that both Ecuadorian Leanders suffered from engine problems, with replacement of the ships' steam turbines with diesel engines being considered, and that sea time of the two frigates was limited.[19] Morán Valverde was decommissioned in October 2008. In September 2010 she was taken into Andec Dock Ecuador to be scrapped, a process which was expected to be complete by March 2011.[20]
References
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, pp. 36, 109
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 338
- ^ Marriott 1983, p. 92
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, p. 109
- ^ a b Osborne & Sowdon 1990, p. 111
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, p. 112
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, pp. 33–36
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, pp. 33, 35–36
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, pp. 33–34, 71, 111
- ^ a b Osborne & Sowdon 1990, p. 71
- ^ Osborne & Sowdon 1990, pp. 67–69
- ^ Marriott 1983, p. 84
- ^ "Danae Joins the force". Navy News. February 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Burden et al. 1986, p. 436
- ^ a b Critchley 1992, p. 124
- ^ Couhat & Baker 1986, pp. 195–196
- ^ Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, p. 83
- ^ Saunders 2002, pp. 182–183
- ^ Saunders 2002, p. 182
- ^ "The History of 'Danae'". HMS Danae. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
Publications
- Burden, Rodney A.; Draper, Michael I.; Rough, Douglas A.; Smith, Colin R.; Wilton, David (1986). Falklands: The Air War. British Aviation Research Group. ISBN 0-906339-05-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle; Baker, A. D., eds. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
- Critchley, Mike (1992). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Press. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, US: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.
- Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–1980. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
- Moore, John, ed. (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–1986. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0814-4.
- Prézelin, Bernard; A.D. Baker III, eds. (1990). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.
- Osborne, Richard; Sowdon, David (1990). Leander Class Frigates. Kendal, UK: World Ships Society. ISBN 0-905617-56-8.
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0710624328.
- Sturtivant, Ray; Ballance, Theo (1994). The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-223-8.