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− | + | The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Diadem'' Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903. | |
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+ | {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 8 vessels | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Amphitrite}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]], Barrow | ||
+ | |8 Dec, 1896 | ||
+ | |5 Jan, 1898 | ||
+ | |17 Sep, 1901 | ||
+ | |Sold 12 Apr, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-1Andromeda}} | ||
+ | |[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |2 Dec, 1895 | ||
+ | |30 Apr, 1897 | ||
+ | |5 Sep, 1899 | ||
+ | |Sold Aug, 1956 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Argonaut}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan | ||
+ | |23 Nov, 1896 | ||
+ | |24 Jan, 1898 | ||
+ | |19 Apr, 1900 | ||
+ | |Sold 18 May, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Ariadne}} | ||
+ | |[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank | ||
+ | |29 Oct, 1896 | ||
+ | |22 Apr, 1898 | ||
+ | |5 Jun, 1902 | ||
+ | |Torpedoed 26 Jul, 1917 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Diadem}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan | ||
+ | |23 Jan, 1896 | ||
+ | |21 Oct, 1896 | ||
+ | |19 Jul, 1898 | ||
+ | |Sold 9 May, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Europa}} | ||
+ | |[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank | ||
+ | |10 Jan, 1896 | ||
+ | |20 Mar, 1897 | ||
+ | |23 Nov, 1899 | ||
+ | |Sold 15 Sep, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Niobe}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]], Barrow | ||
+ | |16 Dec, 1895 | ||
+ | |20 Feb, 1897 | ||
+ | |6 Dec, 1898 | ||
+ | |Broken up 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{Template:UK-Spartiate}} | ||
+ | |[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |10 May, 1897 | ||
+ | |27 Oct, 1898 | ||
+ | |17 Mar, 1903 | ||
+ | |Sold Jul, 1932 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
− | === | + | ==Binoculars== |
+ | In September 1914, the ships were allowed four additional pairs of Pattern 343 Service Binoculars.{{AWO1914|331 of 8 Sep, 1914}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==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.{{PQDNO1905|pp. 489-91}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Secondary Battery=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Other Weapons=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===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.{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Fire Control== | ||
+ | <!-- | ||
+ | ===Rangefinders=== | ||
===Gunnery Control=== | ===Gunnery Control=== | ||
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===Transmitting Stations=== | ===Transmitting Stations=== | ||
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===Dreyer Table=== | ===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> | 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> | ||
− | === | + | ===Fire Control Instruments=== |
− | + | The ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'' lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}} | |
− | The ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'' lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as: | + | |
* Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers | * Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers | ||
* Group Switches: 2 | * Group Switches: 2 | ||
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* Bearing: none | * Bearing: none | ||
* Range: none | * Range: none | ||
− | Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment: | + | Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}} |
* Turret fire gongs: none | * Turret fire gongs: none | ||
* Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys | * Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys | ||
* Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key | * Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key | ||
− | None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals. | + | None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.{{HFCI1914|p. 11}} |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
− | + | {{refbegin}} | |
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem-class_cruiser}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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− | {{ | + | *{{HFCI1909}} |
− | {{ | + | *{{HFCI1914}} |
− | {{ | + | *{{BrooksDGBJ}} |
− | {{ | + | *{{DirectorH}} |
− | < | + | *{{DreyerH}} |
+ | * Keith McBride. ''The Diadem Class Cruisers'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume XI Issue 44. | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Footer Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{DEFAULTSORT:Diadem}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{CatClassFirstClassProtectedCruiser|UK}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- data | ||
+ | |||
+ | nat=UK | ||
+ | cat=FirstClassProtectedCruiser | ||
+ | type=first class protected cruiser | ||
+ | |||
+ | chain=Major Cruisers | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Amphitrite | ||
+ | pend=D.52 (1914)<br>''Compass'' (Sep 1915)<br>P.7C (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | builder=[[Vickers]], Barrow{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=8 12 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=5 1 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=17 9 1901{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2=to Ward, Milford Haven{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | fatedate=12 4 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Andromeda | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=2 12 95{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=30 4 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=5 9 99{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=8 1956{{DittColl|p. 323}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Argonaut | ||
+ | pend=P.78 (1914)<br>P.04 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=23 11 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=24 1 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=19 4 1900{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2=to Ward, Milford Haven{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | fatedate=18 5 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Ariadne | ||
+ | pend=P.69 (1914){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=29 10 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=22 4 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=5 6 1902{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Torpedoed | ||
+ | fate2=by UC.65{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fatedate=26 7 17{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Diadem | ||
+ | pend=P.20 (1914)<br>N.50 (Sep 1915)<br>N.32 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=23 1 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=21 10 1896{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=19 7 98{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2=to Ward, Morecambe{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | fatedate=9 5 1921{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Europa | ||
+ | pend=P.06 (1914)<br>P.91 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=10 1 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=20 3 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=23 11 99{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2=Foundered, raised, scrapped{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fatedate=15 9 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Niobe | ||
+ | pend=''none''{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | builder=[[Vickers]], Barrow{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=16 12 95{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=20 2 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=6 12 98{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Broken up | ||
+ | fate2=at Philadelphia{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | fatedate=1922{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Spartiate | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | laid=10 5 97{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | launch=27 10 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | comm=17 3 1903{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=7 1932{{DittColl|p. 324}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
− | |||
− | + | data --> |
Latest revision as of 08:43, 27 April 2018
The eight protected cruisers of the Diadem Class were completed between 1898 and 1903.
Overview of 8 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Amphitrite | Vickers, Barrow | 8 Dec, 1896 | 5 Jan, 1898 | 17 Sep, 1901 | Sold 12 Apr, 1920 |
Andromeda | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 2 Dec, 1895 | 30 Apr, 1897 | 5 Sep, 1899 | Sold Aug, 1956 |
Argonaut | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan | 23 Nov, 1896 | 24 Jan, 1898 | 19 Apr, 1900 | Sold 18 May, 1920 |
Ariadne | J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank | 29 Oct, 1896 | 22 Apr, 1898 | 5 Jun, 1902 | Torpedoed 26 Jul, 1917 |
Diadem | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan | 23 Jan, 1896 | 21 Oct, 1896 | 19 Jul, 1898 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
Europa | J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank | 10 Jan, 1896 | 20 Mar, 1897 | 23 Nov, 1899 | Sold 15 Sep, 1920 |
Niobe | Vickers, Barrow | 16 Dec, 1895 | 20 Feb, 1897 | 6 Dec, 1898 | Broken up 1922 |
Spartiate | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 10 May, 1897 | 27 Oct, 1898 | 17 Mar, 1903 | Sold Jul, 1932 |
Contents
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
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 331 of 8 Sep, 1914.
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1905. pp. 489-91.
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 249-253.
- ↑ Torpedo Manual, Vol. III, 1909. p. 265.
- ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
- ↑ 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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