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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James|nick=Arthur D. B. James|appt=8 November, 1932<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/111.|}}  f. 111.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 231}}|end=March, 1933<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/111.|}}  f. 111.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Douglas Lane|nick=Robert H. D. Lane|appt=30 August, 1932<ref>Lane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/94.|}} f. 94.</ref>|end=8 November, 1932<ref>Lane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/94.|}} f. 94.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James|nick=Arthur D. B. James|appt=8 November, 1932<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/111.|}}  f. 111.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 231}}|end=March, 1933<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/111.|}}  f. 111.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Denys Royds Brocklebank|nick=Denys R. Brocklebank|appt=28 January, 1933<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 231}}|end=c. September, 1934<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>|note=invalided due to injury to right knee}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Denys Royds Brocklebank|nick=Denys R. Brocklebank|appt=28 January, 1933<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 231}}|end=c. September, 1934<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>|note=invalided due to injury to right knee}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=c. December 1934{{ToL|Command of the Veteran|22 May 1936, p. 25}}{{NavAppts|3 Nov. 1934, p. 21}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=c. December 1934{{ToL|Command of the Veteran|22 May 1936, p. 25}}{{NavAppts|3 Nov. 1934, p. 21}}|end=}}

Latest revision as of 19:43, 10 November 2021

H.M.S. Diamond (1932)
Pendant Number: H22
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
Launched: 8 Apr, 1932[1]
Commissioned: 8 Nov, 1932[2]
Sunk: 27 Apr, 1941[3]
H.M.S. Diamond was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 8 November, 1932 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[4]

Commissioned at Devonport on 23 October, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[5]

Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 231.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  7. Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/94. f. 94.
  8. Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/94. f. 94.
  9. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/111. f. 111.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 231.
  11. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/111. f. 111.
  12. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  14. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
  15. "Command of the Veteran." The Times (London, England), 22 May 1936, p. 25.
  16. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"C" and "D" Class Destroyer
"C" Class Leader
  Kempenfelt  
Destroyers
  Comet Crescent Crusader Cygnet  
"D" Class Leader
  Duncan  
Destroyers
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  Delight Diamond Diana Duchess  
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