HMS Diana (1895)
_IWM_Q_038649.jpg) Diana at anchor during World War I
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Diana |
| Namesake | Diana |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan |
| Laid down | 13 August 1894 |
| Launched | 5 December 1895 |
| Completed | 15 June 1897 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 July 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Eclipse-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
| Length | 350 ft (106.7 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| Complement | 450 |
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| Armour |
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HMS Diana was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
Service history
She was commissioned at
HMS Ringarooma, HMS Boomerang and HMS Torch serving on the Australia Station,[1] and left Plymouth two weeks later on 27 February 1900.[2] Stopping in Gibraltar, Malta and Aden
on her way out, she arrived in Australia in April.
The following year, she was commissioned with the complement of 450 officers and men at Chatham on 15 January 1901 to join the
Footnotes
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36068. London. 17 February 1900. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36077. London. 28 February 1900. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36344. London. 5 January 1901. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36337. London. 28 December 1900. p. 5.
- ^ "The Duke of Cornwall´s visit to the colonies". The Times. No. 36401. London. 13 March 1901. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36753. London. 28 April 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36778. London. 27 May 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36852. London. 21 August 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36896. London. 11 October 1902. p. 12.
References
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- McBride, Keith (2012). "The Cruiser Family Talbot". In John Jordan (ed.). Warship 2012. London: Conway. pp. 136–41. ISBN 978-1-84486-156-9.
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