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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]
Captain James S. Macl. Ritchie, 1 October, 1925^[18] – January, 1927^[19]
Commodore, Second Class George T. C. P. Swabey, 2 January, 1927^[20] – 23 October, 1927^[21] (and as Commodore in Command of the New Zealand Station)
Captain Lionel V. Wells, 11 October, 1927^[22] – 18 February, 1930^[23]
Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 27 August, 1930^[24] – 14 October, 1930^[25]
Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, October, 1930^[26] – c. April, 1931^[27]
Commodore, Second Class Fischer B. Watson, April, 1932^[28] – August, 1933^[29]
Captain Cosmo M. Graham, 3 August, 1933^[30] – 1936^[31]
Commander John W. Farquhar, 31 March, 1936 – 21 September, 1936
Captain Arthur R. Halfhide, 3 February, 1937^[32] – 1937^[33]
Commander Reginald F. Morice, 12 August, 1937^[34] – 15 September, 1937^[35]^[36]
Commander Harry P. Currey, 15 September, 1937^[37]
Commander Wilfred E. Warner, 1 March, 1938^[38]
Commander Lancelot V. Donne, mid 1938^[39] – 4 August, 1939^[40] (vice Warner)
Captain Edward B. C. Dicken, 21 July, 1939^[41] – 30 January, 1940^[42]
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^[43] – 21 June, 1940^[44]
Captain John W. Farquhar, 21 June, 1940^[45] – 30 October, 1940^[46]
Acting Commander David E. G. Wemyss, 30 October, 1940^[47] – 13 November, 1940^[48]
Captain John W. Farquhar, 13 November, 1940^[49] – 16 June, 1941^[50]
Captain David Orr-Ewing, 16 June, 1941^[51] – 11 August, 1942^[52]
Commander (retired) John W. Hoskyns, 11 August, 1942^[53] – 19 August, 1942^[54]
Template:CaptRCN Harold T. W. Grant, 19 August, 1942^[55] – mid 1943^[56]
Commander (retired) John W. Hoskyns, mid 1943^[57] – 9 August, 1943^[58]
Commander Robert A. Ewing, 9 August, 1943^[59] – 18 February, 1945^[60]
Commander John M. Hodges, 18 February, 1945^[61]

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.^[62]

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.
↑ 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.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ 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.
↑ Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/137. f. ?.
↑ 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. ?.
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↑ 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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[5] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 749.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.

[8] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.

[9] The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.

[10] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 296.

[11] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.

[12] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 300.

[13] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.

[14] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 233.

[15] Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.

[16] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.

[17] Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.

[18] The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.

[19] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[20] Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.

[21] Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.

[22] Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/181., f. 97.

[23] Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/181., f. 97.

[24] Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.

[25] Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.

[26] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[27] Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.

[28] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[29] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[30] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 300.

[31] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[32] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.

[33] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[34] Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.

[35] Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.

[36] "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 15 Sept. 1937, p. 6.

[37] "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 15 Sept. 1937, p. 6.

[38] Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/137. f. ?.

[39] Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.

[40] Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.

[41] Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. ?.

[42] Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. ?.

[43] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[44] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[45] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[46] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[47] Uboat.net page on the ship.

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[59] Uboat.net page on the ship.

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[62] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

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+{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Michael Hodges|nick=John M. Hodges|appt=18 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=}}
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+{{Com2RN}} [[Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant|Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant]] may have held this post in late June, 1940 and as Commodore, West Coast South America, "vice Wemyss".
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