Diadem class cruiser

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The Diadem class cruiser was a class of armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s that served in the First World War.

[edit] Ships

• Diadem - Built Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, laid down January 1896, completed July 1898.
• Amphitrite - Built Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness, laid down December 1896, completed September 1901.
• Andromeda - Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down December 1895, completed September 1899.
• Argonaut - Built Fairfield, laid down November 1896, completed April 1900.
• Ariadne - Built J & G Thompson, Clydebank, laid down October 1896, completed June 1902, sunk 1917
• Europa - Built Thompson, laid down January 1896, completed November 1899.
• Niobe - Built Vickers, laid down December 1895, completed December 1898 and to Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Niobe
• Spartiate - Built Pembroke Dockyard, laid down May 1897, completed March 1903.

[edit] Specifications

• Length — 435 feet (462 feet 6 inches o/a)
• Beam — 69 feet
• Draught — 25 feet 6 inches
• Displacement — 11,000 tons
• Propulsion — 2 shaft triple expansion engines, 16.500/18,000 ihp, 20/20.5 knots
• Armour — 6 in gun shields, 4.5 - 2 in decks
• Armament — 16 x single BL 6 in Mark VII, 14 x single QF 12 pounder, 3 x single QF 3 pounder, 2 x 18 in tubes for torpedoes

[edit] References

• Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk