| HMS Diamond (D35) | |
|---|---|
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Diamond |
| Ordered: | 24 January 1945 |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Yard number: | 632 [1] |
| Laid down: | 15 March 1949 |
| Launched: | 14 June 1950 [2] |
| Commissioned: | 21 February 1952 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D35 |
| Motto: |
Honor clarissima gemma (Latin: "Honour is the brightest jewel") |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Rainham, Kent, 12 November 1981 [1] |
| Badge: | File:Diamond Crest.JPG |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Daring-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Standard: 2,830 tons, full load: 3,820 tons [1] |
| Length: | 391 ft (119 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 22.6 ft (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: |
54,000 shp (40 MW)
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | Approximately 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Armament: |
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HMS Diamond was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched on 14 June 1950. This ship was John Brown & Company's first all-welded ship (as opposed to the rivetted construction more commonly used up to that time).[1]
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[3] On 29 September 1953, she sustained severe bow damage in a collision with the cruiser HMS Swiftsure during Exercise Mariner, held off the coast of Iceland.[4][5]
In 1956 she was sent into Port Said to show the flag prior to the Franco-British assault, but the Egyptian government was unmoved and she sailed out to join the main attack force for the Suez landings at Port Said. She underwent a refit in 1959 at Chatham Dockyard. In 1964 she was involved in another collision, this time with HMS Salisbury, in the English Channel during a naval demonstration.[6] In 1970, she became a dockside training ship in Portsmouth and remained in this role until replaced by HMS Kent. She was scrapped in Rainham in Kent in 1981.[1]
Commanding officers[]
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1953 | Captain C B Alers-Hankley DSC RN |
| 1957 | 1957 | Captain J A C Henley DSC RN |
| 1960 | 1960 | Captain H H Dannreuther RN |
| 1963 | 1965 | Captain J D Cartwright |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "HMS Diamond". Clydebuilt Ships Database. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=2438. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ↑ "HMS Diamond". Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/d_class1.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ↑ "British Warships In Collision". The Times (52741): Col C, p. 6. 1 October 1953.
- ↑ "Letter from P. D. Haynes, Trafford Branch". Vanguard (The Official Journal of the Royal Naval Association No 10 area). April 2009. p. 21. http://www.rna-10-area.co.uk/files/vanguard/Vanguard_Apr_09.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ↑ "Two Warships Collide". The Times (56048): Col D, p. 12. 26 June 1964.
Publications[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- McCart, Neil, Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0
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