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The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Diadem'' Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903.
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|-
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 8 vessels
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|-
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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|-
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Amphitrite}}
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|[[Vickers]], Barrow
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|8 Dec, 1896
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|5 Jan, 1898
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|17 Sep, 1901
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|Sold 12 Apr, 1920
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-1Andromeda}}
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|[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
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|2 Dec, 1895
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|30 Apr, 1897
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|5 Sep, 1899
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|Sold Aug, 1956
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Argonaut}}
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|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan
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|23 Nov, 1896
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|24 Jan, 1898
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|19 Apr, 1900
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|Sold 18 May, 1920
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Ariadne}}
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|[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank
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|29 Oct, 1896
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|22 Apr, 1898
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|5 Jun, 1902
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|Torpedoed 26 Jul, 1917
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Diadem}}
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|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan
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|23 Jan, 1896
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|21 Oct, 1896
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|19 Jul, 1898
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|Sold 9 May, 1921
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Europa}}
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|[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank
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|10 Jan, 1896
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|20 Mar, 1897
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|23 Nov, 1899
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|Sold 15 Sep, 1920
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Niobe}}
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|[[Vickers]], Barrow
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|16 Dec, 1895
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|20 Feb, 1897
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|6 Dec, 1898
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|Broken up 1922
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Spartiate}}
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|[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
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|10 May, 1897
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|27 Oct, 1898
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|17 Mar, 1903
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|Sold Jul, 1932
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|}
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==Binoculars==
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In September 1914, the ships were allowed four additional pairs of Pattern 343 Service Binoculars.{{AWO1914|331 of 8 Sep, 1914}}
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==Armament==
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===Main Battery===
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* sixteen 6-in Q.F. guns on P. II U.D. mountings
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* fourteen 12-pdr Q.F. guns
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* six 3-pdr Q.F. guns
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In early 1905, it was approved that the 6-in guns should be equipped with "A" class cross connected sights.{{PQDNO1905|pp. 489-91}}
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===Secondary Battery===
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===Other Weapons===
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Prior to [[Small Arms and Edged Weapons (Royal Navy)|reductions in such provisions enacted in mid-1903]], the ships had been allowed 202 cutlasses.{{PQDNO1904|pp. 249-253}}
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===Torpedoes===
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* two 18-in submerged broadside tubes forward, depressed three degrees and bearing abeam;  axis of tube was 6 foot 6 inches below load water line and 1 feet 6 inches above deck.{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}}
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==Fire Control==
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<!--
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===Rangefinders===
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===Gunnery Control===
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====Control Positions====
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====Control Groups====
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===Directors===
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====Main Battery====
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====Secondary Battery====
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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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-->
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===Dreyer Table===
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These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
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===Fire Control Instruments===
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The ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'' lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}}
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* Combined Range, Order, Deflection:  4 transmitters, 26 receivers
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* Group Switches: 2
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* Rate: 4 transmitters, 4 receivers
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* Bearing: none
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* Range: none
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Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}}
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* Turret fire gongs: none
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* Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys
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* Captain's Cease Fire Bells:  18 with 1 key
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None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.{{HFCI1914|p. 11}}
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==See Also==
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{{refbegin}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem-class_cruiser}}
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{{refend}}
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==Footnotes==
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{{reflist}}
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==Bibliography==
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{{refbegin}}
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*{{HFCI1909}}
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*{{HFCI1914}}
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*{{BrooksDGBJ}}
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*{{DirectorH}}
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*{{DreyerH}}
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* Keith McBride.  ''The Diadem Class Cruisers'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume XI Issue 44.
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{{refend}}
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{{Footer Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)}}
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{{CatClassFirstClassProtectedCruiser|UK}}
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cat=FirstClassProtectedCruiser
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type=first class protected cruiser
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chain=Major Cruisers
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{ship
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name=Amphitrite
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pend=D.52 (1914)<br>''Compass'' (Sep 1915)<br>P.7C (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}}
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builder=[[Vickers]], Barrow{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=8 12 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=5 1 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=17 9 1901{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=to Ward, Milford Haven{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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fatedate=12 4 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Andromeda
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pend=
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builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=2 12 95{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=30 4 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=5 9 99{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=
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fatedate=8 1956{{DittColl|p. 323}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Argonaut
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pend=P.78 (1914)<br>P.04 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}}
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builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=23 11 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=24 1 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=19 4 1900{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=to Ward, Milford Haven{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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fatedate=18 5 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Ariadne
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pend=P.69 (1914){{DittColl|p. 40}}
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builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=29 10 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=22 4 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=5 6 1902{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Torpedoed
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fate2=by UC.65{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fatedate=26 7 17{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Diadem
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pend=P.20 (1914)<br>N.50 (Sep 1915)<br>N.32 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}}
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builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=23 1 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=21 10 1896{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=19 7 98{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=to Ward, Morecambe{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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fatedate=9 5 1921{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Europa
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pend=P.06 (1914)<br>P.91 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}}
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builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=10 1 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=20 3 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=23 11 99{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=Foundered, raised, scrapped{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fatedate=15 9 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Niobe
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pend=''none''{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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builder=[[Vickers]], Barrow{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=16 12 95{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=20 2 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=6 12 98{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Broken up
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fate2=at Philadelphia{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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fatedate=1922{{DittColl|p. 40}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Spartiate
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pend=
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builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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laid=10 5 97{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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launch=27 10 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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comm=17 3 1903{{Conways1860|p. 68}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=
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fatedate=7 1932{{DittColl|p. 324}}
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}
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Latest revision as of 08:43, 27 April 2018

The eight protected cruisers of the Diadem Class were completed between 1898 and 1903.

Binoculars

In September 1914, the ships were allowed four additional pairs of Pattern 343 Service Binoculars.[1]

Armament

Main Battery

  • sixteen 6-in Q.F. guns on P. II U.D. mountings
  • fourteen 12-pdr Q.F. guns
  • six 3-pdr Q.F. guns

In early 1905, it was approved that the 6-in guns should be equipped with "A" class cross connected sights.[2]

Secondary Battery

Other Weapons

Prior to reductions in such provisions enacted in mid-1903, the ships had been allowed 202 cutlasses.[3]

Torpedoes

  • two 18-in submerged broadside tubes forward, depressed three degrees and bearing abeam; axis of tube was 6 foot 6 inches below load water line and 1 feet 6 inches above deck.[4]

Fire Control

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.[5]

Fire Control Instruments

The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:[6]

  • Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers
  • Group Switches: 2
  • Rate: 4 transmitters, 4 receivers
  • Bearing: none
  • Range: none

Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:[7]

  • Turret fire gongs: none
  • Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys
  • Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key

None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 331 of 8 Sep, 1914.
  2. ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1905. pp. 489-91.
  3. ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 249-253.
  4. ↑ Torpedo Manual, Vol. III, 1909. p. 265.
  5. ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  6. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
  7. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
  8. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 11.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
  • Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Keith McBride. The Diadem Class Cruisers in Warship, Volume XI Issue 44.


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