HMS Danae

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Danae, after the Greek hero Danaë.

• HMS Danae was a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1759 by HMS Southampton and HMS Melampe. She was broken up by 1771.
• HMS Danae was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1779. She was sold in 1797.
• HMS Danae was a 20-gun sixth rate, formerly the French frigate, Vaillante. She was captured in 1798 by HMS Indefatigable. Her crew mutinied in 1800 and handed her over to the French.
• HMS Danae was a screw corvette launched in 1867. She was lent to the War Department in 1886 as a hulk and was sold in 1906.
• HMS Danae was a Danae class light cruiser launched in 1918. She was lent to the Polish Navy between 1944 and 1946 as ORP Conrad and was sold for scrapping in 1948.
• HMS Danae was to have been a Battle class destroyer named HMS Vimiera. She was later reordered as a Daring class destroyer, but was cancelled in 1946.
• HMS Danae was a Leander class frigate launched in 1965. She was sold to Ecuador in 1991 and renamed Moran Valverde.