HMS Durban
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HMS Durban was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 29 May 1919 and commissioned on 1 November 1921.
1919
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length 143.6 metre, length 144.11 metre, draft 4.27 metre, beam 14.11 metre, draft 5 metre, speed 29 knot, beam 13.9 metre,
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
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Location: 49.3456, -0.2689, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1919 HMS Durban
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ship launching
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keel laying
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ship commissioning
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1047 | Battle of Val-ès-Dunes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1057 | Battle of Varaville | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1346 | Battle of Caen | siege, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1417 | Siege of Caen | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1449 | Normandy campaign of 1449-1450 | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1450 | Siege of Caen | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1744 | Planned French Invasion of Britain | invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1759 | Planned French Invasion of Britain | invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | soulèvement de Caen contre la Convention nationale | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Action of 30 May 1798 | France, naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Bombing of Normandy | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Operation Tonga | United Kingdom, battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle for Caen | Canada, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle, Allies of World War II | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Merville Gun Battery | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Bombing of Caen | Allies of World War II, airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Invasion of Normandy | Canada, United States, United Kingdom, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Normandy landings | Greece, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Nazi Germany, Canada, Norway, Free France, battle, amphibious warfare, Czechoslovak government-in-exile, United States, Belgium, Denmark, Poland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Douvres Radar Station | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Verrières Ridge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1202 | French invasion of Normandy | Philip II of France, Kingdom of France, Duchy of Brittany, John, King of England, Kingdom of England, Hugh X of Lusignan, William des Roches, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Arthur I, war, House of Lusignan | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1213 | Anglo-French War of 1213–14 | war | Wikidata |
| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | uboat.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | Greif | Type 23 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | Priarial | Pluviôse-class submarine, submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-26 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1943 | HMS Pylades | minesweeper, Auk-class minesweeper | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie de défense d'Asnelles | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Fleury Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Hennequeville Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Hillman Site | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Houlgate Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | La Marefontaine Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Mont Canisy Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1942 | The Museum of the Atlantic Wall | defence work, artillery battery, museum | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Merville Gun Battery | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Redoute de Merville | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Stützpunkt 05 Franceville West | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | D-Day Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Juno Beach Centre | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Lawford | destroyer escort, shipwreck, Captain-class frigate, Evarts-class destroyer escort | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HNoMS Svenner | S and T-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1911 | HMHS Salta | shipwreck, hospital ship | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1918 | HMS Dragon | shipwreck, Danae-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1919 | HMS Durban | shipwreck, Danae-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1937 | HMS Isis | shipwreck, destroyer, I-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | tower | tour Chastimoine | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | HMS Durban | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Durban (D99) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A Gooseberry off the beaches at Ouistreham | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Durban blockship | Commons | ||






