H.M.S. Diana (1932)

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H.M.S. Diana (1932)
Pendant Number: H49
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Launched: 16 Jun, 1932[1]
Collision: 22 Oct, 1940[2]
H.M.S. Diana was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Having been worked up through trials by Lt. Cdr. Arthur R. M. Black, Diana was commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1932 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean under Cdr. Gerald M. B. Langley.[3]

The ship was commissioned at Chatham on 25 October, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[4]

She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 15 October, 1936 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  6. Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 231.
  8. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 4 Dec. 1934, p. 20.
  9. Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/78. f. 78.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"C" and "D" Class Destroyer
"C" Class Leader
  Kempenfelt  
Destroyers
  Comet Crescent Crusader Cygnet  
"D" Class Leader
  Duncan  
Destroyers
  Dainty Daring Decoy Defender  
  Delight Diamond Diana Duchess  
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