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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=17 April, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 233}}|end=January, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=17 April, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 233}}|end=January, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=21 January, 1925<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>|end=July, 1925<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=21 January, 1925<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 233}}|end=July, 1925<ref>Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604157}} f. 31.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie|nick=James S. Macl. Ritchie|appt=October, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie|nick=James S. Macl. Ritchie|appt=October, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey|nick=George T. C. P. Swabey|appt=2 January, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|end=23 October, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey|nick=George T. C. P. Swabey|appt=2 January, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|end=23 October, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>}} | ||
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''Diomede'' was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} | ''Diomede'' was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} | ||
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Diomede.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Diomede.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
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Revision as of 10:31, 7 July 2017
| H.M.S. Diomede (1919) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 92 (Apr 1922)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 29 Apr, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 2 Oct, 1922[5] |
| Sold: | Apr, 1946[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
Service
In mid-1925, Diomede was part of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Geoffrey Hopwood, 17 April, 1922[8] – January, 1925[9]
- Captain Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, 21 January, 1925[10][11] – July, 1925[12]
- Captain James S. Macl. Ritchie, October, 1925[13] – January, 1927[14]
- Captain George T. C. P. Swabey, 2 January, 1927[15] – 23 October, 1927[16]
- Captain Lionel V. Wells, October, 1927[17] – 1930[18]
- Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 27 August, 1930[19] – 14 October, 1930[20]
- Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, October, 1930[21] – c. April, 1931[22]
- Captain Fischer B. Watson, April, 1932[23] – August, 1933[24]
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, August, 1933[25] – 1936[26]
- Captain Arthur R. Halfhide, February, 1937[27] – 1937[28]
- Captain Edward B. C. Dicken, July, 1939[29] – February, 1940[30]
- Captain Cyril G. B. Coltart, February, 1940[31] – June, 1940[32]
- Captain John W. Farquhar, June, 1940[33] – June, 1941[34]
- Captain David Orr-Ewing, June, 1941[35] – August, 1942[36]
Fire Control
Diomede was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.[37]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 749.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 233.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 233.
- ↑ Kennedy-Purvis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 31.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- 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.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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