H.M.S. Diadem (1896)
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| Pendant Number: | P.20 (1914) N.50 (Sep 1915) N.32 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan[2] |
| Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 23 Jan, 1896[4] |
| Launched: | 21 Oct, 1896[5] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Jul, 1898[6] |
| Sold: | 9 May, 1921[7] |
| Fate: | to Ward, Morecambe[8] |
H.M.S. Diadem was one of eight Diadem class cruisers completed between 1898 and 1903.
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving with Third Fleet in Portsmouth.[9]
In late 1920, she was being used to train stokers in Portsmouth.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Walter H. B. Graham, 19 July, 1898[11] – 23 February, 1899[12]
- Captain Harry S. F. Niblett, 15 February, 1899[13][14] – 9 November, 1900[15]
- Captain Henry Leah, 9 November, 1900[16] – 4 March, 1902 (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Captain Frederic E. E. Brock, 21 July, 1903[17][18] – 8 September, 1903[19] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 24 November, 1903[20] – 29 March, 1904[21]
- Captain Edmund R. Pears, 3 January, 1905[22] – 23 February, 1905[23]
- Captain Herbert W. Savory, 23 February, 1905[24][25] – 13 January, 1907[26] (on passage from 11 December, 1906)
- Captain Charles H. Umfreville, 6 November, 1906[27] – 17 April, 1907
- Captain Owen F. Gillett, 17 April, 1907[28] – 16 November, 1907[29]
- Captain Constantine H. Hughes-Onslow, 17 June, 1909 (manoeuvres)
- Commander John F. Grant-Dalton, 24 July, 1909[30] – 5 October, 1909[31]
- Commander William D. Church, 11 October, 1909[32][33] – 25 June, 1910[34]
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 24 June, 1910[35] – before 30 July, 1910[36] (for manoeuvres)
- Commander George C. Hardy, 6 September, 1910[37] – 10 January, 1911
- Commander Harry M. K. Betty, 20 February, 1911[38]
- Commander John W. L. McClintock, 11 July, 1911[39][40] – 9 May, 1912[41]
- Commander James L. S. Kirkness, 22 October, 1912[42] – 18 December, 1912[43]
- Commander Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 1 January, 1913[44] – 5 August, 1913[45] (promoted Captain 30 June, 1913[46])
- Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 5 August, 1913[47]
- Commander George B. W. Young, 31 December, 1914[48] – 14 January, 1915[49]
- Commander (retired) Charles Mure, 20 January, 1915[50] – 1915
- Commander (emergency) Lionel H. Hordern, 21 December, 1915[51] – 15 September, 1916
- Commander Ernest G. H. Du Boulay, 14 February, 1919 – 11 March, 1919
- Commander William G. A. Kennedy, 11 March, 1919[52] – February, 1921
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 241.
- ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/561. f. 547.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1900). p. 243.
- ↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
- ↑ Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 246.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 170.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 301.
- ↑ Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1110.
- ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
- ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.
- ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
- ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
- ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
- ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
- ↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.
- ↑ Church Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/420. f. 502.
- ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
- ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 6 Sept. 1910, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 300.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ Kirkness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 360.
- ↑ Kirkness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393o.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 759.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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