H.M.S. Diadem (1896)
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H.M.S. Diadem (1896) | |
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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.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Harry Seawell Frank Niblett, February 1899.[9]
- Captain Henry Leah, November 1900.[10]
- Captain Frederick St. George Rich, November 1903.[11]
- Captain Edmund Radcliffe Pears, January 1905.[12]
- Captain Herbert Whitmore Savory, February 1905.[13]
- Captain Charles Henry Umfreville, November 1906.[14]
- Captain Owen Francis Gillett, 1907.[15]
- Captain Frederic Edward Errington Brock, ?.[Fact Check]
See Also
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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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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