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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Diana''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Diana''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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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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Having been worked up through trials by Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Ronald Mawson Black|Arthur R. M. Black]], ''Diana'' was commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean under Cdr. [[Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|Gerald M. B. Langley]].{{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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The ship was 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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She was re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 15 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 230}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Diana''" nat=UK>
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=20 December, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 231}}|end=late 1934|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Ronald Mawson Black|nick=Arthur R. M. Black|appt=8 September, 1932<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>|end=20 December, 1932{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=20 December, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 231}}|end=October 1934{{ToL|Royal Navy|4 Dec. 1934, p. 20}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nigel Oliver|nick=Geoffrey N. Oliver|appt=25 October, 1934<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/78.|}} f. 78.</ref>|end=December, 1934|note=to take command upon re-commissioning, transferred out to {{UK-Veteran}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Halford Selby|nick=William H. Selby|appt=17 December, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 231}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Halford Selby|nick=William H. Selby|appt=17 December, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 231}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Lee Machin|nick=John L. Machin|appt=27 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 230}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Lee Machin|nick=John L. Machin|appt=27 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 230}}|end=}}
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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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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 18:59, 10 December 2021

H.M.S. Diana (1932)
Pendant Number: H49
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

Having been worked up through trials by Lt. Cdr. Arthur R. M. Black, Diana was commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1932 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean under Cdr. Gerald M. B. Langley.[3]

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

She was 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. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  8. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 4 Dec. 1934, p. 20.
  9. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/78. f. 78.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


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