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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick St. George Rich|nick=Frederick St. G. Rich|appt=24 November, 1903{{NLJan04|p. 301}}|end=29 March, 1904<ref>Rich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1110.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick St. George Rich|nick=Frederick St. G. Rich|appt=24 November, 1903{{NLJan04|p. 301}}|end=29 March, 1904<ref>Rich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1110.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Pears Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=23 February, 1905<ref>Pears Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 86.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Pears Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=23 February, 1905<ref>Pears Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 86.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Whitmore Savory|nick=Herbert W. Savory|appt=23 February, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 300}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Whitmore Savory|nick=Herbert W. Savory|appt=23 February, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 300}}<ref>Savory Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=13 January, 1907<ref>Savory Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>|note=on passage from 11 December, 1906}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=6 November, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 300}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=6 November, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 300}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Owen Francis Gillett|nick=Owen F. Gillett|appt=17 April, 1907<ref>Gillett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 123.</ref>|end=16 November, 1907<ref>Gillett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 123.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Owen Francis Gillett|nick=Owen F. Gillett|appt=17 April, 1907<ref>Gillett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 123.</ref>|end=16 November, 1907<ref>Gillett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 123.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 11:29, 23 March 2015
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, 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 Harry S. F. Niblett, 15 February, 1899[11][12] – 9 November, 1900[13]
- Captain Henry Leah, 9 November, 1900[14]
- Captain Frederic E. E. Brock, 21 July, 1903[15][16] – 8 September, 1903[17] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 24 November, 1903[18] – 29 March, 1904[19]
- Captain Edmund R. Pears, 3 January, 1905[20] – 23 February, 1905[21]
- Captain Herbert W. Savory, 23 February, 1905[22][23] – 13 January, 1907[24] (on passage from 11 December, 1906)
- Captain Charles H. Umfreville, 6 November, 1906[25]
- Captain Owen F. Gillett, 17 April, 1907[26] – 16 November, 1907[27]
- Commander William D. Church, 11 October, 1909[28]
- Captain Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 24 June, 1910[29] – before 30 July, 1910[30] (for manoeuvres)
- Commander Harry M. K. Betty, 20 February, 1911[31]
- Commander John W. L. McClintock, 11 July, 1911[32][33] – 9 May, 1912[34]
- Commander Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 1 January, 1913[35] – 5 August, 1913[36] (Promoted Captain 30 June, 1913.[37])
- Commander Octavius H. Daniel, 5 August, 1913[38]
- Commander (retired) Charles Mure, 20 January, 1915[39]
- Commander William G. A. Kennedy, 11 March, 1919[40]
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. (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. (January, 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 300.
- ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
- ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393j.
- ↑ 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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