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H.M.S. Diadem (1896)
Pendant Number:	P.20 (1914) N.50 (Sep 1915) N.32 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Fairfield, Govan^[2]
Ordered:	1895-96 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	23 Jan, 1896^[4]
Launched:	21 Oct, 1896^[5]
Commissioned:	19 Jul, 1898^[6]
Sold:	9 May, 1921^[7]
Fate:	to Ward, Morecambe^[8]

H.M.S. Diadem was one of eight Diadem class cruisers completed between 1898 and 1903.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving with Third Fleet in Portsmouth.^[9]

In late 1920, she was being used to train stokers in Portsmouth.^[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Harry S. F. Niblett, 15 February, 1899^[11]^[12] – 9 November, 100^[13]
Captain Henry Leah, 9 November, 1900^[14]
Captain Frederic E. E. Brock, 21 July, 1903^[15]^[16] – 8 September, 1903^[17] (for manoeuvres)
Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 24 November, 1903^[18]
Captain Edmund R. Pears, 3 January, 1905^[19]
Captain Herbert W. Savory, 23 February, 1905^[20]
Captain Charles H. Umfreville, 6 November, 1906^[21]
Captain Owen F. Gillett, 17 April, 1907^[22] – 16 November, 1907^[23]
Commander William D. Church, 11 October, 1909^[24]
Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 24 June, 1910^[25] – before 30 July, 1910^[26] (for manoeuvres)
Commander Harry M. K. Betty, 20 February, 1911^[27]
Commander John W. L. McClintock, 11 July, 1911^[28]^[29] – 9 May, 1912^[30]
Commander Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 1 January, 1913^[31] – 5 August, 1913^[32] (Promoted Captain 30 June, 1913.^[33])
Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 5 August, 1913^[34]
Commander (retired) Charles Mure, 20 January, 1915^[35]
Commander William G. A. Kennedy, 11 March, 1919^[36]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.
↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 246.
↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 170.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 301.
↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 300.
↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.
↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 300.
↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.
↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.

Bibliography

Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

Diadem Class First Class Protected Cruiser

Amphitrite

Andromeda

Argonaut

Ariadne

Diadem

Europa

Niobe

Spartiate

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Powerful Class

Major Cruisers (UK)

Cressy Class

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.

[8] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.

[10] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.

[11] The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.

[12] Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.

[13] Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.

[14] The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 246.

[15] Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 170.

[16] "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.

[17] Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.

[18] The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 301.

[19] Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.

[20] The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.

[21] The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 300.

[22] Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.

[23] Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.

[24] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.

[25] Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.

[26] Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.

[27] The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 300.

[28] The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 300.

[29] McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.

[30] McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.

[31] The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.

[32] Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.

[33] The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 300.

[34] The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 300.

[35] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.

[36] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.

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