H.M.S. Diomede (1919)
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| H.M.S. Diomede (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 92 (Apr 1922)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 29 Apr, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 2 Oct, 1922[5] |
| Sold: | Apr, 1946[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
Service
Commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.[7]
In mid-1925, Diomede was part of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[8]
Re-commissioned in Portsmouth on 21 October 1925 for service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.[9]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 July 1928.[10]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 October, 1930 for service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.[11]
She completed to full complement at Auckland on 3 August, 1933.[12]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 3 February, 1937 for service with the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Geoffrey Hopwood, 17 April, 1922[14] – March, 1925
- Captain Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, 21 January, 1925[15][16] – July, 1925[17] (swapped out to Concord)
- Captain Alexander R. W. Woods, July 1925[18] – 1 October, 1925[19] (swapped in from Concord)
- Captain James S. Macl. Ritchie, 1 October, 1925[20] – January, 1927[21]
- Commodore, Second Class George T. C. P. Swabey, 2 January, 1927[22] – 23 October, 1927[23] (and as Commodore in Command of the New Zealand Station)
- Captain Lionel V. Wells, 11 October, 1927[24] – 18 February, 1930[25]
- Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 27 August, 1930[26] – 14 October, 1930[27]
- Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, October, 1930[28] – c. April, 1931[29]
- Commodore, Second Class Fischer B. Watson, April, 1932[30] – August, 1933[31]
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, 3 August, 1933[32] – 1936[33]
- Commander John W. Farquhar, 31 March, 1936 – 21 September, 1936
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 21 September, 1936[34] – 17 December, 1936[35] (vice Farquhar, and upon ship reducing)
- Commander Alfred Bowman, 17 December, 1936[36] – early 1937
- Captain Arthur R. Halfhide, 3 February, 1937[37] – 29 July, 1937[38]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 14 July, 1937[39] – 12 August, 1937[40] (vice "Allen" or Halfhide)
- Commander Reginald F. Morice, 12 August, 1937[41] – 15 September, 1937[42][43]
- Commander Harry P. Currey, 15 September, 1937[44] – 22 December, 1937[45]
- Commander Percy F. P. Wood, 22 December, 1937[46] – 24 January, 1938[47]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 24 January, 1938[48] – 2 March, 1938[49] (vice "Wood")
- Commander Wilfred E. Warner, 1 March, 1938[50] – c. 1938
- Commander Lancelot V. Donne, mid 1938[51] – 4 August, 1939[52] (vice Warner)
- Captain Edward B. C. Dicken, 21 July, 1939[53] – 30 January, 1940[54]
- Captain John W. Farquhar, 31 January, 1940 – 25 February, 1940
- Commodore, Second Class Cyril G. B. Coltart, 26 February, 1940 – June, 1940 (removed sick at Bermuda)
- Acting Commander David E. G. Wemyss, 20 May, 1940[55] – 21 June, 1940[56]
- Captain John W. Farquhar, 21 June, 1940[57] – 30 October, 1940[58]
- Acting Commander David E. G. Wemyss, 30 October, 1940[59] – 13 November, 1940[60]
- Captain John W. Farquhar, 13 November, 1940[61] – 16 June, 1941[62]
- Captain David Orr-Ewing, 16 June, 1941[63] – 11 August, 1942[64]
- Commander (retired) John W. Hoskyns, 11 August, 1942[65] – 19 August, 1942[66]
- Captain Harold T. W. Grant, 19 August, 1942[67] – mid 1943[68]
- Commander (retired) John W. Hoskyns, mid 1943[69] – 9 August, 1943[70]
- Commander Robert A. Ewing, 9 August, 1943[71] – 18 February, 1945[72]
- Commander John M. Hodges, 18 February, 1945[73]
Commodore, Second Class Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant may have held this post in late June, 1940 and as Commodore, West Coast South America, "vice Wemyss".
Fire Control
Diomede was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.[74]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 749.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 233.
- ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.
- ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
- ↑ Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
- ↑ Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/181., f. 97.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/181., f. 97.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 300.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ "Command of the Diomeded." The Times (London, England), 17 Dec. 1936, p. 29.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
- ↑ Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
- ↑ Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 15 Sept. 1937, p. 6.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 15 Sept. 1937, p. 6.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
- ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. ?.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. ?.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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