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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In mid-1913, she was serving with Third Fleet in Portsmouth.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, she was serving with Third Fleet in Portsmouth.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
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In late 1920, she was being used to train stokers in Portsmouth.{{NLJan21|p. 759}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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*Captain [[Owen Francis Gillett|Owen F. Gillett]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Owen Francis Gillett|Owen F. Gillett]], 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|Charles P. Beaty-Pownall]], 1 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
 
*{{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}} [[William G. A. Kennedy]], 11 March, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 759}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:21, 1 September 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]

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

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.
  20. ↑ 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).


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