Dana (1921)
Dana leaving Copenhagen 1928 for circumnavigation of the world | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMT John Quilliam |
| Owner | British Admiralty |
| Builder | Cochrane & Sons, Selby |
| Yard number | 801 |
| Launched | 12 March 1917 |
| Completed | 30 August 1917 |
| Out of service | 1921 |
| Identification | Call sign: NCWR |
| Notes | Armed with QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun |
| Denmark | |
| Name | Dana II |
| Owner | Danish Ministry of Fisheries |
| Port of registry | Copenhagen |
| In service | 1921 |
| Out of service | 1935 |
| Identification | Call sign: OXQC |
| Fate | Sunk in collision |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | converted Mersey-class trawler |
| Type | Steam trawler |
| Tonnage | 354 GRT / 163 NRT |
| Length | 138.2 feet |
| Beam | 23.7 feet |
| Draught | 12.8 feet |
| Decks | 1 |
| Propulsion | 500 hp triple expansion steam engine, Richardsons, Westgarth & Co. |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Crew | 18 |
Dana was a Danish research vessel, best known for the circumnavigation of the world in the third Dana expedition 1928–1930. It sank in 1935 after a fishing vessel collided with it in fog.