HMS Diadem (84)
Service
- as Diadem? — 19502,193 days of the war
- as Babur5 July 1957 — 1985
- Name
- HMS Diadem
- Pennant / hull number
- 84
- Builder
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd, (Hebburn-on-Tyne
- Laid down
- 15 December 1939
- Launched
- 26 August 1942
- Commissioned
- 5 July 1957
- Decommissioned
- 1950
- Fate
- Broken up 1985 (1985)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 5,950 long tons (6,045 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 7,200 long tons (7,316 t)
- Length
- 156.06 m (512 ft) OA
- Beam
- 15.39 m (50.5 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 32.3 knots (59.7 km/h, 37.1 mph)
- Range
- 1,303 nmi (2,413 km)
- Complement
- 530
- Main gun
- 133 mm (5.2 in)
HMS Diadem was a Dido-class cruiser light cruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 84. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd, (Hebburn-on-Tyne laid her keel on 15 December 1939. Launched on 26 August 1942, she entered service on 5 July 1957.
She was one of 16 ships of her class. The class followed the Arethusa-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Fiji-class cruiser.
She displaced 5,950 long tons standard and 7,200 long tons at full load. She measured 156.1 m (512 ft) long with a beam of 15.4 m (50 ft). Her designed speed was 32.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 530. Her main battery was of 133 mm (5.2 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as Diadem until 1950. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1950.
She was broken up for scrap in 1985.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 geared steam turbines
- Four shafts
- Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 62000 shp
- Armament
- 8 × QF 5.25 inch dual guns
- 6 × 20 mm dual AA guns
- 3 × 2-pounder (40-mm) pom-poms quad guns
- 2 × British 21 inch (533mm) torpedo triple torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 3 in
- Deck: 1 in
- Magazines: 2 in
- Bulkheads: 1 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Diadem (84) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9948 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons