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The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''Diadem Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903.
 
The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''Diadem Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903.
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| [[H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)|''Amphitrite'']] || [[Naval Construction and Armaments Company]], Barrow-in-Furness || 8 December, 1896 || 5 January, 1898 || 17 September, 1901 || Sold 14 April, 1920
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| [[H.M.S. Andromeda (1897)|''Andromeda'']] || [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] || 2 December, 1895 || 30 April, 1897 || 5 September, 1899 || Sold August, 1956
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| [[H.M.S. Argonaut (1898)|''Argonaut'']] || [[Fairfield]], Govan || 23 November, 1896 || 24 January, 1898 || 19 April, 1900 || Sunk 26 July, 1917 by U.C.65
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| [[H.M.S. Ariadne (1898)|''Ariadne'']] || [[J. &. G. Thomson]], Clydebank || 29 October, 1896 || 22 April, 1898 || 5 June, 1902 ||
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| [[H.M.S. Diadem (1896)|''Diadem'']] || [[Fairfield]], Govan || 23 January, 1896 || 21 October, 1896 || 19 July, 1898 || Sold 9 May, 1921
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| [[H.M.S. Europa (1897)|''Europa'']] || [[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank || 10 January, 1896 || 20 March, 1897 || 23 November, 1899 || Sold 15 September, 1920
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| [[H.M.C.S. Niobe (1897)|''Niobe'']] || [[Naval Construction and Armaments Company]], Barrow-in-Furness || 16 December, 1895 || 20 February, 1897 || 6 December, 1898 || Broken up 1922
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| [[H.M.S. Spartiate (1898)|''Spartiate'']] || [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] || 10 May, 1897 || 27 October, 1898 || 17 March, 1903 || Sold July, 1932
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==Armament==
 
==Armament==

Revision as of 14:25, 24 April 2012

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

Name Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Amphitrite Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow-in-Furness 8 December, 1896 5 January, 1898 17 September, 1901 Sold 14 April, 1920
Andromeda Pembroke Royal Dockyard 2 December, 1895 30 April, 1897 5 September, 1899 Sold August, 1956
Argonaut Fairfield, Govan 23 November, 1896 24 January, 1898 19 April, 1900 Sunk 26 July, 1917 by U.C.65
Ariadne J. &. G. Thomson, Clydebank 29 October, 1896 22 April, 1898 5 June, 1902
Diadem Fairfield, Govan 23 January, 1896 21 October, 1896 19 July, 1898 Sold 9 May, 1921
Europa J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank 10 January, 1896 20 March, 1897 23 November, 1899 Sold 15 September, 1920
Niobe Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow-in-Furness 16 December, 1895 20 February, 1897 6 December, 1898 Broken up 1922
Spartiate Pembroke Royal Dockyard 10 May, 1897 27 October, 1898 17 March, 1903 Sold July, 1932

Armament

Guns

Secondary Battery

Other Guns

Torpedoes

Two submerged tubes forward, presumably firing directly abeam.[1]

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.[2]

Fire Control Instruments

The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:[3]

  • 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:[4]

  • 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.[5]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896, p. 40.
  2. absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 58.
  4. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 58.
  5. Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.

Bibliography

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