HMS Diamond (D35)
.jpg) HMS Diamond, July 1952
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| Name | HMS Diamond |
| Ordered | 24 January 1945 |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 632 [2] |
| Laid down | 15 March 1949 |
| Launched | 14 June 1950 [1] |
| Commissioned | 21 February 1952 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D35 |
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| Fate | Scrapped at Rainham, Kent, 12 November 1981 [2] |
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| Class and type | Template:Sclass- destroyer |
| Displacement | Standard: 2,830 tons, full load: 3,820 tons [2] |
| Length | 391 ft (119 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 22.6 ft (6.9 m) |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | Approximately 300 |
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HMS Diamond was a Template:Sclass- destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched on 14 June 1950. This ship was John Brown & Company's first all-welded ship (as opposed to the rivetted construction more commonly used up to that time).[2]
Service history
In 1953 Diamond took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[3] On 29 September 1953, she sustained severe bow damage in a collision with the cruiser Swiftsure during Exercise Mariner, held off the coast of Iceland.[4][5]
In 1956 Diamond was sent into Port Said to show the flag prior to the Franco-British assault, but the Egyptian government was unmoved and she sailed out to join the main attack force for the Suez landings at Port Said. She underwent a refit in 1959 at Chatham Dockyard. In 1964 she was involved in another collision, this time with the frigate Salisbury, in the English Channel during a naval demonstration.[6]
In 1970, she became a dockside training ship in Portsmouth and remained in this role until replaced by the destroyer Kent. She was scrapped in Rainham in Kent in 1981.[2]
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
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| 1953 | 1953 | Captain C B Alers-Hankley DSC RN |
| 1957 | 1957 | Captain J A C Henley DSC RN |
| 1960 | 1960 | Captain H H Dannreuther RN |
| 1963 | 1965 | Captain J D Cartwright |
References
- ^ "HMS Diamond". Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "HMS Diamond". Clydebuilt Ships Database. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ^ "British Warships In Collision". The Times (52741): Col C, p. 6. 1 October 1953.
- ^ "Letter from P. D. Haynes, Trafford Branch" (PDF). Vanguard (The Official Journal of the Royal Naval Association No 10 area). April 2009. p. 21. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Two Warships Collide". The Times (56048): Col D, p. 12. 26 June 1964.
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- McCart, Neil (2008). Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0.
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