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HMS Diomede |
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HMS Diomede Laid Down : 3rd June 1918 Launched : 29th April 1919 Completed : 24th February 1922 Type : Cruiser Class : Danae Builder : Vickers Country : UK Sequence : This is the 4th ship with this name. Pennants : D92, I92 Fate : Sold for scrap 5th April 1946 |
| Completed by Portsmouth Dockyard 1922. Transferred to New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy between 1925 and 1935. |
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Timeline Entries : | |||
29th April 1919 - Launched 1925 - Transferred to New Zealand Division 3rd February 1931 - Sailed Auckland to Hawkes Bay ro assist in Earthquake 29th March 1932 - Arrived Picton 5th April 1932 - Arrived Powerful Bay 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. V. A. C. Crutchley, VC, DSO in Command 1st October 1932 - New Zealand Station 1st October 1932 - Flagship. Captain F. B. Watson, DSO, Commodore 2nd Class 27th February 1933 - Arrived Whangatoa 10th March 1933 - Arrived Wellington 1st April 1933 - Arrived Wellington 5th April 1933 - Arrived Pago Pago 11th April 1933 - Sailed Auckland 11th April 1933 - Flagship of Commodore F. Burges Watson 15th April 1933 - Arrived Nukualofa 15th April 1933 - Arrived Nukualofa 17th April 1933 - Sailed Nukualofa 18th April 1933 - Arrived Vavua 18th April 1933 - Arrived Vavua 19th April 1933 - Sailed Vavua 19th April 1933 - Arrived Apia 21st April 1933 - Arrived Apia 24th April 1933 - Sailed Apia for Pago Pago 24th April 1933 - Capt. V.A.C. Crutchley in Commanf 24th April 1933 - Flagship of Commodore F. Burgess Watson 24th April 1933 - Sailed Apia 24th April 1933 - Arrived and sailed Apia 27th April 1933 - Arrived Rarotonga 29th April 1933 - Sailed Rarotonga 5th May 1933 - Arrived Auckland 4th November 1933 - Sailed Dunedin for Auckland 7th December 1933 - Arrived Auckland 5th February 1934 - Arrived Russell 7th February 1934 - Arrived Hauraki 15th February 1934 - Arrived Russell 25th February 1934 - Arrived Napier 2nd March 1934 - Arrived Wellington 9th April 1934 - Arrived Timaru 23rd April 1934 - Arrived Wellington 24th April 1934 - Sailed Wellington for Auckland 18th June 1934 - Capt. C.M. Graham in Command 18th June 1934 - Sailed Auckland 20th June 1934 - Arrived Norfolk Island 21st June 1934 - Sailed Norfolk Isalnd 23rd June 1934 - Arrived Vila 27th June 1934 - Sailed Vila 27th June 1934 - Arrived Hog Harbour 2nd July 1934 - Sailed Hog Harbour 8th July 1934 - Arrived Hog Harbour 1st August 1934 - Arrived Nukualofa 10th August 1934 - Arrived Auckland 21st September 1934 - Arrived Sydney 6th October 1934 - Sailed Sydney for Hobart 18th October 1934 - Arrived Melbourne 12th December 1934 - Sailed Auckland for Wellington 15th December 1934 - Arrived Wellington 22nd December 1934 - Arrived Auckland 29th July 1935 - Arrived Puka Puka 30th July 1935 - Arrived Pago Pago 12th August 1935 - Arrived Suva 1936 - Returned to Royal Navy 2nd March 1936 - Arrived Malta 31st March 1936 - Paid off at Chatham and recommissioned 16th March 1937 - Sailed Port Said for Aden 26th March 1937 - Arrived Colombo 14th April 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for Wusung 22nd April 1937 - Arrived Hankow 8th May 1937 - Sailed Suez 25th May 1937 - Arrived Colombo 25th May 1937 - Capt. A.R. Halfhide in Command 28th May 1937 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 28th May 1937 - Sailed Colombo 3rd June 1937 - Arrived and sailed Aden 3rd June 1937 - Arrived and sailed Aden 7th June 1937 - Arrived Suez 8th June 1937 - Arrived and sailed Port Said 11th June 1937 - Arrived Malta 14th June 1937 - Sailed Malta for Plymouth 14th June 1937 - Sailed Malta 20th June 1937 - Arrived and sailed Plymouth 20th June 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 20th June 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth and sailed for Sheerness 21st June 1937 - Arrived Sheerness January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 28th March 1938 - Arrived Plymouth 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 26th August 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow from the Reserve Fleet 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 7th Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 30th September 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol between the Orkneys and the Faroes 10th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol duties 19th October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Northern Patrol 21st October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 21st October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Northern Patrol between Shetlands and Faroes 24th October 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe for refuelling 25th October 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 27th October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Northern Patrol duties 29th October 1939 - On Northern Patrol duties between the Faroes and Iceland 2nd November 1939 - Between the Faroes and Iceland 3rd November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 3rd November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 8th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 11th November 1939 - Escorting Swedish steamer Drottningholm towards Kirkwall 15th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe with weather damage 17th November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe on Northern Patrol duties 21st November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 23rd November 1939 - Took station off North Rona to patrol the approaches to the Fair Island Channel 25th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers 25th November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe on Northern Patrol duties 1st December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 1st December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 8th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Northern Patrol 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol 10 miles 180° from Myggenoes Light in the Faroes 15th December 1939 - Off the Faroes 16th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow via Loch Ewe 20th December 1939 - Refitting at Plymouth 10th January 1940 - Refitting conpleted at Plymouth 13th January 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for Rosyth 16th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow on patrol 25th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Plymouth 30th January 1940 - Arrived Plymouth. Later sailed to join the 8th Cruiser Squadron in the North America and West Indies Station 6th February 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for Bermuda 29th February 1940 - Sailed Kingston, Jamaica for duty in the Pacific 1946 - Broken up | |||
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