H.M.S. Diadem (1896)

H.M.S. Diadem (1896)
Pendant Number:	P.20 (1914) N.50 (Sep 1915) N.32 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 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.

Captain Walter H. B. Graham, 19 July, 1898^[11] – 23 February, 1899^[12]
Captain Harry S. F. Niblett, 15 February, 1899^[13]^[14] – 9 November, 1900^[15]
Captain Henry Leah, 9 November, 1900^[16] – 4 March, 1902 (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
Captain Frederic E. E. Brock, 21 July, 1903^[17]^[18] – 8 September, 1903^[19] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 24 November, 1903^[20] – 29 March, 1904^[21]
Captain Edmund R. Pears, 3 January, 1905^[22] – 23 February, 1905^[23]
Captain Herbert W. Savory, 23 February, 1905^[24]^[25] – 13 January, 1907^[26] (on passage from 11 December, 1906)
Captain Charles H. Umfreville, 6 November, 1906^[27] – 17 April, 1907
Captain Owen F. Gillett, 17 April, 1907^[28] – 16 November, 1907^[29]
Captain Constantine H. Hughes-Onslow, 17 June, 1909 (manoeuvres)
Commander John F. Grant-Dalton, 24 July, 1909^[30] – 5 October, 1909^[31]
Commander William D. Church, 11 October, 1909^[32]^[33] – 25 June, 1910^[34]
Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 24 June, 1910^[35] – before 30 July, 1910^[36] (for manoeuvres)
Commander George C. Hardy, 6 September, 1910^[37] – 10 January, 1911
Commander Harry M. K. Betty, 20 February, 1911^[38]
Commander John W. L. McClintock, 11 July, 1911^[39]^[40] – 9 May, 1912^[41]
Commander James L. S. Kirkness, 22 October, 1912^[42] – 18 December, 1912^[43]
Commander Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 1 January, 1913^[44] – 5 August, 1913^[45] (promoted Captain 30 June, 1913^[46])
Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 5 August, 1913^[47]
Commander George B. W. Young, 31 December, 1914^[48] – 14 January, 1915^[49]
Commander (retired) Charles Mure, 20 January, 1915^[50] – 1915
Commander (emergency) Lionel H. Hordern, 21 December, 1915^[51] – 15 September, 1916
Commander Ernest G. H. Du Boulay, 14 February, 1919 – 11 March, 1919
Commander William G. A. Kennedy, 11 March, 1919^[52] – February, 1921

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 241.
↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.
↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 246.
↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 170.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 301.
↑ Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1110.
↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.
↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.
↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.
↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 6 Sept. 1910, p. 4.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 300.
↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
↑ Kirkness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 360.
↑ Kirkness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 360.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.
↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 300.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 300.
↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393o.
↑ 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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[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. (October, 1898). p. 241.

[12] Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.

[13] The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.

[14] Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.

[15] Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.

[16] The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 246.

[17] Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 170.

[18] "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.

[19] Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.

[20] The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 301.

[21] Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1110.

[22] Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.

[23] Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.

[24] The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.

[25] Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.

[26] Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.

[27] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.

[28] Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.

[29] Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.

[30] Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.

[31] Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.

[32] Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.

[33] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.

[34] Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.

[35] Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.

[36] Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.

[37] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 6 Sept. 1910, p. 4.

[38] The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 300.

[39] The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 300.

[40] McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.

[41] McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.

[42] Kirkness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 360.

[43] Kirkness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 360.

[44] The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.

[45] Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.

[46] The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 300.

[47] The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 300.

[48] Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.

[49] Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.

[50] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.

[51] The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393o.

[52] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.

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