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*Captain [[Maurice Woollcombe]], 18 April, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 301.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Maurice Woollcombe]], 18 April, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 301.</ref>
 
*Captain [[George Bowes Hutton|George B. Hutton]], 6 January, 1914.<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>
 
*Captain [[George Bowes Hutton|George B. Hutton]], 6 January, 1914.<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>
*Captain [[Ambrose Maynard Peck|Ambrose M. Peck]], 29 September, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 776.</ref>
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*Captain [[Ambrose Maynard Peck|Ambrose M. Peck]], 29 September, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919).  p. 776.</ref>
  
 
==Torpedoes==
 
==Torpedoes==

Revision as of 12:48, 11 January 2014

H.M.S. Diana (1895)
Pendant Number: D.18 (1914)
P.58 (Sep 1915)
N.34 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1893-94 Programme[3]
Laid down: 13 Aug, 1894[4]
Launched: 5 Dec, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 15 Jun, 1897[6]
Sold: 1 Jul, 1920[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Diana was commissioned in 1897 as one of nine Eclipse class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Diana re-commissioned at Devonport on 5 February, 1913. In mid-1913, she was serving in Third Fleet.[8]

Radio

In 1901 while assigned to the Mediterranean, the ship was noted as having or being slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Torpedoes

In 1904, in a competition to investigate how rapidly submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in 7 minutes, 5.5 seconds. The best time was achieved by Cressy at 50.75 seconds, though 2:30 was more typical.[19]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 301.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 111.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 301.
  14. The Navy List, for July, 1909, Corrected to the 18th June, 1909. p. 301.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 301.
  17. Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
  18. The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 776.
  19. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. pp. 45-7.

Bibliography


Eclipse Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Diana Dido Doris Eclipse Isis
  Juno Minerva Talbot Venus  
<– Astræa Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Arrogant Class –>