HMS Diamond (H22)

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HMS Diamond (H22), at Hong Kong pre-World War II
Career (UK)
Class and type:	D class destroyer
Name:	HMS Diamond
Builder:	Vickers Armstrong
Laid down:	29 September 1931
Launched:	8 April 1932
Commissioned:	2 November 1932
Motto:	Honor clarissima gemma ("Honour is the brightest jewel")
Honors and awards:	Armada 1588, Kentish Knock 1652, Portland 1653, Gabbard 1653, Scheveningen 1653, Lowestoft 1665, Four Days Battle 1666, Orfordness 1666, Solebay 1672, Schoonveldt 1673, Texel 1673, Bantry Bay 1680, Portobello 1739, Santa Maria 1740, Chagres 1740, Toulon 1744, Black Sea 1854, Spartivento 1940, Mediterranean 1941, Malta Convoys 1941, Greece 1941
Fate:	Sunk in air attack 27 April 1941
Badge:
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,375 tons
Length:	329 ft (100 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion:	Three x Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines 36,000 shp on two shafts
Speed:	36 kt (66.7 km/h)
Range:	5,500 nmi at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	145
Armament:	4 x QF4.7 in Mk. IX L/45 (119 mm) guns, single mounts CP Mk.XIV 1 x QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I L/45 (3 in / 76.2 mm), single mount HA Mk.? (removed 1936) 2 x QF 2 pdr Mk.II L/39 (40 mm) guns, single mounts Mk.II 8 (4x2) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes 1 rack for 20 x depth charges

HMS Diamond (H22) was a D class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Barrow-in-Furness on 29 September 1931, and was launched on 8 April 1932.

On 26 April 1941, under the command of Lt. Commander Cartwright, Diamond rescued 600 troops from Crete after their transports were attacked. The following day, HMS Diamond and another destroyer, HMS Wryneck, attempted to rescue troops from a sunk Dutch troop ship, the Slamat.^[1] However, both ships were attacked and sunk by German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers. Approximately 253 officers and crew, as well as 700 troops were lost from both vessels. Only 23 survivors were rescued.

[edit] References

1. ^ HMS Wryneck, destroyer

HMS Diamond. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
Naval History.net. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.

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