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Revision as of 20:42, 19 December 2014

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.

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. The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 246.
  13. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 170.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  15. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 301.
  17. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  18. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 300.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.
  22. Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  23. Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 300.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 300.
  26. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.
  27. Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  28. The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 300.
  29. The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 300.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.
  31. 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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