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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. | ||
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
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* Keith McBride. ''The Diadem Class Cruisers'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume XI Issue 44. | * Keith McBride. ''The Diadem Class Cruisers'' in [[Warship (Journal)|Warship]], Volume XI Issue 44. | ||
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{ship | {ship | ||
name=Amphitrite | name=Amphitrite | ||
pend= | pend=D.52 (1914)<br>''Compass'' (Sep 1915)<br>P.7C (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
builder= | builder=[[Vickers]], Barrow{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=8 12 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1898 | launch=5 1 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=17 9 1901{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2=to Ward, Milford Haven{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=12 4 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
} | } | ||
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name=Andromeda | name=Andromeda | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
builder= | builder=[[Pembroke Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=2 12 95{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1897 | launch=30 4 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=5 9 99{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2= | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=8 1956{{DittColl|p. 323}} | ||
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
name=Argonaut | name=Argonaut | ||
pend= | pend=P.78 (1914)<br>P.04 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
builder= | builder=[[Fairfield]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=23 11 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1898 | launch=24 1 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=19 4 1900{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2=to Ward, Milford Haven{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=18 5 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
name=Ariadne | name=Ariadne | ||
pend= | pend=P.69 (1914){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
builder= | builder=[[Thompson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=29 10 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1898 | launch=22 4 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=5 6 1902{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Torpedoed | ||
fate2= | fate2=by UC.65{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=26 7 17{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
name=Diadem | name=Diadem | ||
pend= | pend=P.20 (1914)<br>N.50 (Sep 1915)<br>N.32 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
builder= | builder=[[Fairfield]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=23 1 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1896 | launch=21 10 1896{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=19 7 98{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2=to Ward, Morecambe{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=9 5 1921{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
name=Europa | name=Europa | ||
pend= | pend=P.06 (1914)<br>P.91 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
builder= | builder=[[Thompson]], Clydebank{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=10 1 96{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1897 | launch=20 3 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=23 11 99{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2=Foundered, raised, scrapped{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=15 9 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
name=Niobe | name=Niobe | ||
pend= | pend=''none''{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
builder= | builder=[[Vickers]], Barrow{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=16 12 95{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1897 | launch=20 2 1897{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=6 12 98{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Broken up | ||
fate2= | fate2=at Philadelphia{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=1922{{DittColl|p. 40}} | ||
} | } | ||
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name=Spartiate | name=Spartiate | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
builder= | builder=[[Pembroke Dockyard]{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
order= | order=1896-97 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
laid= | laid=10 5 97{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
launch=1898 | launch=27 10 1898{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
comm= | comm=17 3 1903{{Conways1860|p. 68}} | ||
fate= | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2= | ||
fatedate= | fatedate=7 1932{{DittColl|p. 324}} | ||
} | } | ||
Revision as of 14:45, 20 September 2012
The eight protected cruisers of the Diadem Class were completed between 1898 and 1903.
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.
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- 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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