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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.{{NLJul31|p. 297}}
In mid-1925, ''Diomede'' was part of the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLApr25|p. 233}}
Re-commissioned in Portsmouth on 21 October 1925 for service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.{{NLFeb26|p. 297}}
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 July 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 296}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 October, 1930 for service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.{{NLJul31|p. 297}}
She completed to full complement at Auckland on 3 August, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 300}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 3 February, 1937 for service with the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.{{NLJul37|p. 231}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:capts></div name=fredbot:capts>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Diomede''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=17 April, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 233}}|end=March, 1925|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=21 January, 1925<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 233}}|end=July, 1925<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|note=swapped out to {{UK-Concord}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Riall Wadham Woods|nick=Alexander R. W. Woods|appt=July 1925<ref>Woods Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/204.|}} f. 208.</ref>|end=1 October, 1925<ref>Woods Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/204.|}} f. 208.</ref>|note=swapped in from {{UK-Concord}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie|nick=James S. Macl. Ritchie|appt=1 October, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 297}}|end=January, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey|nick=George T. C. P. Swabey|appt=2 January, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|end=23 October, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|note=and as Commodore in Command of the [[New Zealand Station]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel Victor Wells|nick=Lionel V. Wells|appt=11 October, 1927<ref>Wells Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/181.|D7604279}}, f. 97.</ref>|end=18 February, 1930<ref>Wells Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/181.|D7604279}}, f. 97.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=27 August, 1930<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=14 October, 1930<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=c. April, 1931<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=April, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=3 August, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 300}}|end=1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Wentworth Farquhar|nick=John W. Farquhar|appt=31 March, 1936|end=21 September, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=21 September, 1936<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|end=17 December, 1936<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|note=vice Farquhar, and upon ship reducing}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Bowman|nick=Alfred Bowman|appt=17 December, 1936{{ToL|Command of the Diomeded|17 Dec. 1936, p. 29}}|end=early 1937}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robert Halfhide|nick=Arthur R. Halfhide|appt=3 February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 231}}|end=29 July, 1937<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=14 July, 1937<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|end=12 August, 1937<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|note=vice "Allen" or Halfhide}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Francis Morice|nick=Reginald F. Morice|appt=12 August, 1937<ref>Morice Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/145.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=15 September, 1937<ref>Morice Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/145.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{ToL|Royal Navy|15 Sept. 1937, p. 6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Philip Currey|nick=Harry P. Currey|appt=15 September, 1937{{ToL|Royal Navy|15 Sept. 1937, p. 6}}|end=22 December, 1937<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=22 December, 1937<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|end=24 January, 1938<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=24 January, 1938<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|end=2 March, 1938<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|note=vice "Wood"}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Edmund Warner|nick=Wilfred E. Warner|appt=1 March, 1938<ref>Warner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/137.|}} f. 137.</ref>|end=c. 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lancelot Vivian Donne|nick=Lancelot V. Donne|appt=mid 1938<ref>Donne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/88.|}} f. 88.</ref>|end=4 August, 1939<ref>Donne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/88.|}} f. 88.</ref>|note=vice Warner}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken|nick=Edward B. C. Dicken|appt=21 July, 1939<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/75.|D8116196}} f. ?.</ref>|end=30 January, 1940<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/75.|D8116196}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wentworth Farquhar|nick=John W. Farquhar|appt=31 January, 1940|end=25 February, 1940}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=26 February, 1940|end=June, 1940|note=removed sick at Bermuda}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=David Edward Gillespie Wemyss|nick=David E. G. Wemyss|appt=20 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=21 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wentworth Farquhar|nick=John W. Farquhar|appt=21 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=30 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=David Edward Gillespie Wemyss|nick=David E. G. Wemyss|appt=30 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=13 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wentworth Farquhar|nick=John W. Farquhar|appt=13 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=16 June, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=David Orr-Ewing|nick=David Orr-Ewing|appt=16 June, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=11 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Walter Hoskyns|nick=John W. Hoskyns|appt=11 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=19 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptCA}}|name=Harold Taylor Wood Grant|nick=Harold T. W. Grant|appt=19 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=mid 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Walter Hoskyns|nick=John W. Hoskyns|appt=mid 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=9 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Alastair Ewing|nick=Robert A. Ewing|appt=9 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=18 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Michael Hodges|nick=John M. Hodges|appt=18 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1205}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
{{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".


==Alterations==
==Fire Control==
''Diomede'' was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
''Diomede'' was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diomede_(D92)}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Diomede.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diomede_(D92)}}
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{{refend}}


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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 22 July 2022

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.

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

  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. Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  19. Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 297.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  23. Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  24. Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/181., f. 97.
  25. Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/181., f. 97.
  26. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  27. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 300.
  33. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  35. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  36. "Command of the Diomeded." The Times (London, England), 17 Dec. 1936, p. 29.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
  38. Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  39. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  40. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  41. Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
  42. Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
  43. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 15 Sept. 1937, p. 6.
  44. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 15 Sept. 1937, p. 6.
  45. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  46. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  47. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  48. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  49. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  50. Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/137. f. 137.
  51. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  52. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  53. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. ?.
  54. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. ?.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  66. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  67. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  68. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  69. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  70. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  71. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  72. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  73. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  74. 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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