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HMS Dunedin

HMS Dunedin: StateLibQld 1 149299 Dunedin (ship)
Image: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

NameHMS DunedinWikidata label
Ship typelight cruiserWikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flagUnited KingdomWikidata P137 operator → P17 country
OperatorRoyal NavyWikidata P137 operator
ConflictWorld War IIWikidata P607 conflict
Sea / oceanSouth Atlantic OceanNatural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Position-3.0000, -26.0000Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, pennant number D93. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Dunedin (named after the capital of Scotland, generally Anglicised as Edinburgh).

Location

  • Recorded position: -3.0000, -26.0000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
  • Sea / ocean: South Atlantic Ocean

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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).

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