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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Diana'' (1895)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=15 Jun, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 78}} |fatedate=1 Jul, 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} |order=1893-94 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 78}} |name=Diana |launch=5 Dec, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 78}} |builder=[[Fairfield]]{{Conways1860|p. 78}} |laid=13 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 78}} |fate=Sold |pend=D.18 (1914)<br>P.58 (Sep 1915)<br>N.34 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Diana''''' was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine [[Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)|''Eclipse'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== ''Diana'' re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 February, 1913. In mid-1913, she was serving in Third Fleet.{{NLApr14|p. 301}} ==Radio== In 1901 while assigned to the Mediterranean, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Diana''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Murray Farquhar|nick=Arthur M. Farquhar|appt=15 January, 1901<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 444.</ref>|end=25 April, 1902<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 444.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond John Warre Slade|nick=Edmond J. W. Slade|appt=25 April, 1902<ref>Slade Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 111.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 247}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=30 September, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 301}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby|nick=Robert S. P. Hornby|appt=5 October, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 301}}<ref>Hornby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 338.</ref>|end=5 November, 1906<ref>Hornby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 338.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=6 November, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 301}}<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=16 November, 1908<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Webster Kemp|nick=Thomas W. Kemp|appt=17 November, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 301}}|end=3 February, 1911<ref>Kemp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 420.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=4 February, 1911<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 258.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 301}}|end=4 February, 1913<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 258.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Woollcombe|nick=Maurice Woollcombe|appt=18 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 301}}|end=1 October, 1913<ref>Woollcombe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 504.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=1 October, 1913<ref>Hawksley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>|end=6 January, 1914<ref>Hawksley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Bowes Hutton|nick=George B. Hutton|appt=6 January, 1914<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 448.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 393''b''}}|end=September, 1917<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 448.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ambrose Maynard Peck|nick=Ambrose M. Peck|appt=29 September, 1917<ref>Peck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/324.|D7603108}} f. 364.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 776}}|end=3 March, 1920<ref>Peck Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/324.|D7603108}} f. 364.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Torpedoes== In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 7 minutes, 5.5 seconds. The best time was achieved by [[H.M.S. Cressy (1899)|''Cressy'']] at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.{{ARTS1904|pp. 45-7}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-05-HMS_Diana.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diana_(1895)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{Footer Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Diana}} {{CatShipSecondClassProtectedCruiser|UK}}

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