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The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Diadem'' Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903. | The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Diadem'' Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 8 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Amphitrite|y=1898}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]], Barrow | ||
+ | |8 Dec, 1896 | ||
+ | |5 Jan, 1898 | ||
+ | |17 Sep, 1901 | ||
+ | |Sold 12 Apr, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Andromeda|y=1897}} | ||
+ | |[[Pembroke Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |2 Dec, 1895 | ||
+ | |30 Apr, 1897 | ||
+ | |5 Sep, 1899 | ||
+ | |Sold Aug, 1956 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Argonaut|y=1898}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield]], Govan | ||
+ | |23 Nov, 1896 | ||
+ | |24 Jan, 1898 | ||
+ | |19 Apr, 1900 | ||
+ | |Sold 18 May, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Ariadne|y=1898}} | ||
+ | |[[Thompson]], Clydebank | ||
+ | |29 Oct, 1896 | ||
+ | |22 Apr, 1898 | ||
+ | |5 Jun, 1902 | ||
+ | |Torpedoed 26 Jul, 1917 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Diadem|y=1896}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairfield]], Govan | ||
+ | |23 Jan, 1896 | ||
+ | |21 Oct, 1896 | ||
+ | |19 Jul, 1898 | ||
+ | |Sold 9 May, 1921 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Europa|y=1897}} | ||
+ | |[[Thompson]], Clydebank | ||
+ | |10 Jan, 1896 | ||
+ | |20 Mar, 1897 | ||
+ | |23 Nov, 1899 | ||
+ | |Sold 15 Sep, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Niobe|y=1897}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers]], Barrow | ||
+ | |16 Dec, 1895 | ||
+ | |20 Feb, 1897 | ||
+ | |6 Dec, 1898 | ||
+ | |Broken up 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Spartiate|y=1898}} | ||
+ | |[[Pembroke Dockyard] | ||
+ | |10 May, 1897 | ||
+ | |27 Oct, 1898 | ||
+ | |17 Mar, 1903 | ||
+ | |Sold Jul, 1932 | ||
+ | |} | ||
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==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 23 September 2012
The eight protected cruisers of the Diadem Class were completed between 1898 and 1903.
Overview of 8 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Amphitrite | Vickers, Barrow | 8 Dec, 1896 | 5 Jan, 1898 | 17 Sep, 1901 | Sold 12 Apr, 1920 |
Andromeda | Pembroke Dockyard | 2 Dec, 1895 | 30 Apr, 1897 | 5 Sep, 1899 | Sold Aug, 1956 |
Argonaut | Fairfield, Govan | 23 Nov, 1896 | 24 Jan, 1898 | 19 Apr, 1900 | Sold 18 May, 1920 |
Ariadne | Thompson, Clydebank | 29 Oct, 1896 | 22 Apr, 1898 | 5 Jun, 1902 | Torpedoed 26 Jul, 1917 |
Diadem | Fairfield, Govan | 23 Jan, 1896 | 21 Oct, 1896 | 19 Jul, 1898 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
Europa | Thompson, Clydebank | 10 Jan, 1896 | 20 Mar, 1897 | 23 Nov, 1899 | Sold 15 Sep, 1920 |
Niobe | Vickers, Barrow | 16 Dec, 1895 | 20 Feb, 1897 | 6 Dec, 1898 | Broken up 1922 |
Spartiate | [[Pembroke Dockyard] | 10 May, 1897 | 27 Oct, 1898 | 17 Mar, 1903 | Sold Jul, 1932 |
Armament
Guns
Secondary Battery
Other Guns
Torpedoes
Two submerged tubes forward, presumably firing directly abeam.[1]
Fire Control
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
The Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909 lists the Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment on this class as:[3]
- Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 4 transmitters, 26 receivers
- Group Switches: 2
- Rate: 4 transmitters, 4 receivers
- Bearing: none
- Range: none
Additionally, this class had the following Siemens fire control equipment:[4]
- Turret fire gongs: none
- Fire Gongs: 16 with 4 keys
- Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 18 with 1 key
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
- Template:BrooksDreadnoughtGunnery
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
- 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.
- Keith McBride. The Diadem Class Cruisers in Warship, Volume XI Issue 44.
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