HMS Diamond

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Diamond.

  • Diamond, a 50-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1652 and captured by France in 1693.
  • Diamond, a fifth-rate 50 gun ship launched at Blackwall in 1708 and rebuilt at Depford in 1722, sold in 1744.
  • Diamond, a fifth-rate launched at Limehouse in 1741 and sold in 1756.
  • HMS Diamond, a fifth-rate launched at Hull in 1774 and sold in 1784.
  • HMS Diamond, a fifth-rate launched at Depford in 1794 and broken up in 1812.
  • HMS Diamond, a fifth-rate launched at Chatham in 1816 and broken up following a serious fire at Portsmouth in 1827.
  • HMS Diamond, a sixth-rate frigate launched in 1848. She was used as a training ship and renamed Joseph Straker between 1866 and 1868, and sold in 1885.
  • HMS Diamond, a 14-gun screw corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1889.
  • HMS Diamond, a Gem-class cruiser built by Cammell Laird, launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1921
  • HMS Diamond, a D class destroyer launched in 1931 and lost in action in 1941.
  • HMS Diamond, a Daring class destroyer launched in 1950 and sold in 1980.
  • HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer which began construction in 2005 and is expected to be launched in 2008.

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