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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Harry Seawell Frank Niblett]], February 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Harry Seawell Frank Niblett|Harry S. F. Niblett]], February, 1899.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Leah]], November 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Henry Leah]], November, 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederick St. George Rich]], November 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Frederic E. E. Brock]]<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 220.</ref>
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*Captain [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears]], January 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederick St. George Rich|Frederick St. G. Rich]], November, 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Herbert Whitmore Savory]], February 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears|Edmund F. Pears]], 3 January, 1905.<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 86.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles Henry Umfreville]], November 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Herbert Whitmore Savory|Herbert W. Savory]], February 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Owen Francis Gillett]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles Henry Umfreville|Charles F. Umfreville]], November, 1906.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock]], ?.{{FC}}
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*Captain [[Owen Francis Gillett|Owen F. Gillett]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Engineer Commander Henry O. Andrews, 1 February, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 30a.</ref>
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*{{CommRN}} [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|Charles P. Beaty-Pownall]], 1 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall]], 1 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 18:23, 2 August 2013

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]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  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. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.

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).


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