Diadem class cruiser
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Diadem class cruiser were armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy by Vickers of Barrow in the 1890s.
Ships of this class consisted of:
- HMS Diadem - Built Fairfield, Govan, laid down January 1896, completed July 1898.
- HMS Amphitrite - Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down December 1896, completed September 1901.
- HMS Andromeda - Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down December 1895, completed September 1899.
- HMS Argonaut - Built Fairfield, Govan, laid down November 1896, completed April 1900.
- HMS Ariadne - Built Thompson, Clydebank, laid down October 1896, completed June 1902, sunk 1917
- HMS Europa - Built Thompson, Clydebank, laid down January 1896, completed November 1899.
- HMS Niobe - Built Vickers, Barrow, laid down December 1895, completed December 1898 and to Canada as HMCS Niobe
- HMS Spartiate - Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down May 1897, completed March 1903.
Specifications
- Length 435 feet (462 feet 6 inches overall)
- Beam 69 feet
- Draught 25 feet 6 inches
- Displacement 11,00 tons
- Propulsion: 2 shaft triple expansion engines, 16.500/18,000 ihp, 20/20.5 knots
- Armour: 6in gun shields, 4.5 - 2in decks
- Armament: 16 x 6in Mk VII (16 x 1), 14 x 12pounder (14 x 1), 3 x 3pounder (3 x 1), 2 x 18in TT
References
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