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HMS Durban

1919 Danae-class light cruiser
Vehicle Light Cruiser Q659585

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
light cruiser, shipwreck[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.346°, -0.269°[9]
Beam
+14.11[19]
Country of origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[6]
Described by source
uboat.net, naval-history.net[14][15]
Draft
+4.27[20]
Length
+144.11[17]
Manufacturer
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[4]
Name
HMS Durban[21]
Operator
Royal Navy[3]
Participant in
Old Weather[16]
Participated in conflict
World War II[7]
Service entry
1919[10]
Significant event
ship commissioning, keel laying, ship launching[11][12][13]
Speed
+29[18]
Vessel class
Danae-class light cruiser[5]
Yard number
936[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en HMS Durban fa اچ‌ام‌اس دوربان (دی‌۹۹) ja ダーバン (軽巡洋艦)
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
HMS Durban.jpg ↗
Dreadnought Project page
H.M.S._Durban_(1919)
Freebase ID
/m/03c2p9j

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🔗 Connections
Significant event 3
ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning
Described by source 2
naval-history.net, uboat.net
Instance of 2
shipwreck, light cruiser
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Manufacturer 1
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Operator 1
Royal Navy
Participant in 1
Old Weather
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Vessel class 1
Danae-class light cruiser
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Summary

HMS Durban is a light cruiser[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → Old Weather
    Described by source → uboat.net, naval-history.net
    Beam → 14.11
    Participated in conflict → World War II
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Added qualifier: MediaWiki page ID: 4476, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `H.M.S._Durban_(1919)`"
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