HMS Diamond (D35)
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| Name: | HMS Diamond |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Launched: | 14 June 1950 [1] |
| Motto: | Honor clarissima gemma ("Honour is the brightest jewel") |
| Fate: | Tender 1979 [1] |
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| Class and type: | Daring Class Destroyer |
| Displacement: | Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draught: | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nmi at 20 kn |
| Complement: | Approximately 300 |
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Diamond.
HMS Diamond (D35) was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy.
[edit] References
- ^ a b HMS Diamond at battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
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