For other ships of the same name, see HMS Diana.
| HMS Diana (1895) | |
|---|---|
 Diana at anchor during World War I | |
| Career (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 & 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) |
| Installed power: |
9,600 ihp (7,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
| Complement: | 450 |
| Armament: |
As built: 11 × six-inch QF guns 9 × 12-pounder QF guns 7 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm) Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) |
HMS Diana was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
She was commissioned with the complement of 450 officers and men at Chatham 15 January 1900 to serve at the Mediterranean Station under the command of Captain A. M. Farquhar.[1] In March 1901 she was one of two cruisers to escort HMS Ophir, commissioned as royal yacht for the world tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George and Queen Mary), from Gibraltar to Malta, and then to Port Said.[2]
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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 (1984). 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. Warship 2012. London: Conway. pp. 136–41. ISBN 978-1-84486-156-9.
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