HMS Diadem (84)

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Career
HMS Diadem on patrolling on the Arctic convoys in 1944
Built By:	R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK)
Laid down:	15 December 1939
Launched:	21 August 1942
Commissioned:	6 January 1944
Paid off:	1950
Reserve:	In reserve between 1950 to 1956
Fate:	Sold to the Pakistan Navy on 29 February 1956. After a refit she was commissioned by the Pakistan Navy on 5 July 1957, being renamed Babur. Later renamed Jahangir.
Penant:	84
General Characteristics
Type:	Light (Anti Aircraft) Cruiser
Displacement:	5,950 tons standard 7,200 tons full load
Dimensions:	485 pp, 512 by 50.5 by 15.0 ft (156 by 15.4 by 4.6 m)
Armament:	Original configuration: 8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 6 x 20 mm dual AA guns, 3 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. Early 1945 - Early 1956 configuration: 8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 8 x 20 mm dual AA guns, 8 x 20 mm single AA guns, 3 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes.
Armour:	Original configuration: Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 62,000 shp (46 MW) = 32.25 knots maximum speed
Range:	2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots, 6,824 (4,240 miles) at 16 knots ; 1,100 tons fuel oil
Complement:	530

HMS Diadem was a Bellona-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only 4 turrets but improved AA armament - aka Dido Group 2. She was built by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyne), UK), with the keel being laid down on 15 December 1939. She was launched on 21 August 1942, and commissioned 6 January 1944.