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Commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 231}}
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Commissioned at Chatham on 25 October, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 231}}
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Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 15 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 230}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 231}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nigel Oliver|nick=Geoffrey N. Oliver|appt=November, 1934|end=December, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Gerard Le Geyt|nick=Edward G. Le Geyt|appt=20 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4372}}|end=6 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4372}}|succBy=Vessel Transferred}}
 
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Revision as of 14:27, 16 September 2019

H.M.S. Diana (1932)
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Launched: 16 Jun, 1932[1]
Collision: 22 Oct, 1940[2]
H.M.S. Diana was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1932 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[3]

Commissioned at Chatham on 25 October, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[4]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 15 October, 1936 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. 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
  Dainty Daring Decoy Defender  
  Delight Diamond Diana Duchess  
<– "A" and "B" Class Destroyers (UK) "E" and "F" Class –>