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HMS Diadem |
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HMS Diadem Laid Down : 15th December 1939 Launched : 26th August 1942 Completed : 6th January 1944 Type : Cruiser Class : Bellona Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : 84, C84 Fate : To Pakistan (Babur) 1956 Later became : PNS Babur | |
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HMS Diadem, November 1948. | HMS Diadem, November 1948. | HMS Diadem, May 1949. | HMS Diadem with submarine Tantalus alongside. |
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15th December 1939 - Laid down at Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn) 15th December 1939 - Laid down 26th August 1942 - Launched 26th August 1942 - Pennant Number 84 6th January 1944 - Commissioned 6th January 1944 - Commissioned 4th April 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 24th April 1944 - Flagship of the 10th Cruiser Squadron 4th June 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 4th June 1944 - Sailed Greenock 6th June 1944 - Participated in the Normandy Landings 6th June 1944 - At Normandy Landings 12th June 1944 - To Portsmouth for ammunitioning 20th June 1944 - Flagship of Vice Admiral F.H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton 20th June 1944 - Capt E.G.A. Clifford in Command 1st May 1945 - Arrived Scapa Flow 7th March 1946 - Sailed Portland 11th March 1946 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th March 1946 - Sailed Gibraltar 22nd March 1946 - Arrived Trinidad 26th March 1946 - Sailed Trinidad 27th March 1946 - Arrived Grenada 30th March 1946 - Arrived St. Vincent 30th March 1946 - Sailed Grenada 2nd April 1946 - Sailed St. Vincent 3rd April 1946 - Arrived St. Kitts 5th April 1946 - Sailed St. Kitts 8th April 1946 - Arrived Bermuda 10th April 1946 - Sailed Bermuda 18th April 1946 - Arrived Portland 25th June 1947 - In the North Sea for air defence exercises with the RAF 23rd September 1948 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral Russell 23rd September 1948 - Sailed Portland for Home Fleet Cruise 28th January 1949 - Arrived Portland to prepare for the Spring Cruise to Gibraltar 4th February 1949 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th March 1949 - Commenced combined exercises otf Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Arrived Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Completed combined exercises off Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Exercising off Gibraptar 9th March 1949 - Carried out exercises off Gibraltar 15th March 1949 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor 1956 - Sold to Pakistan |
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Last edited : 19:14, March 15, 2011
By : jbryce1437
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