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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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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 8 vessels
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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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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| {{UK-Amphitrite|y=1898}}
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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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| {{UK-Andromeda|y=1897}}
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|[[Pembroke 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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| {{UK-Argonaut|y=1898}}
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|[[Fairfield]], 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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| {{UK-Ariadne|y=1898}}
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|[[Thompson]], 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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| {{UK-Diadem|y=1896}}
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|[[Fairfield]], 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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| {{UK-Europa|y=1897}}
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|[[Thompson]], 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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| {{UK-Niobe|y=1897}}
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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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| {{UK-Spartiate|y=1898}}
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|[[Pembroke 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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==Armament==
 
==Armament==
  

Revision as of 12:07, 23 September 2012

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

Armament

Guns

Secondary Battery

Other Guns

Torpedoes

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

Fire Control

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

  • 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.
  • Template:BrooksDreadnoughtGunnery
  • 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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