HMS Diadem

The Ship


Sold for Scrap 1926


Built Fairfield, Govan, laid down January 1896, completed July 1898.

Size:
Length 435 feet pp 462 feet 6 inches overall, beam 69 feet, draught 25 feet 6 inches, displacement 11,00 tons load.

Propulsion:
2 shaft triple expansion engines, 16.500/18,000 ihp, 20/20.5 knots

Trials:
Diadem 17,262 ihp = 20.65 knots

Armour:
6in gun shields, 4.5-2in decks

Armament:
16 x 6in Mk VII (16 x 1), 14 x 12pounder (14 x 1), 3 x 3pounder (3 x 1), 2 x 18in TT



World War 1 Service:

1914 Stokers Training ship.
October 1915 In reserve.
January 1918 Stokers Training ship.
1921 Sold for scrap.

My Postcards

Not postally used.
Postcard series: Tuck's, Oilette - Our Navy
Series number: IV
Postcard number: 9183

 

Not postally used.
Postcard series: Pictorial Stationery Co Ltd, Peacock Series
Postcard artist: Neville Gumming

 

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