HMS Danae (F47)
HMS Danae in January 1970 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| 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 & 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.