HMS Diamond (D35)

	HMS Diamond, July 1952
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diamond
Ordered	24 January 1945
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	632
Laid down	15 March 1949
Launched	14 June 1950
Commissioned	21 February 1952
Identification	Pennant number: D35
Motto	Honor clarissima gemma; (Latin: "Honour is the brightest jewel");
Fate	Scrapped at Rainham, Kent, 12 November 1981
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General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons, full load: 3,820 tons
Length	391 ft (119 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion	54,000 shp (40 MW); 2 × Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F); 2 × Parsons steam turbines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication; Radar Type 291 air warning; Radar Type 274 navigation; Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI; Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II;
Armament	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI; 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II; 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V; 2 × pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 1 × Squid anti submarine mortar;

HMS Diamond was a Daring-class 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).^[1]

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^ "HMS Diamond". Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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[B-C-2] "HMS Diamond". Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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History
HMS Diamond, July 1952
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diamond
Ordered	24 January 1945
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	632 ^[1]
Laid down	15 March 1949
Launched	14 June 1950 ^[2]
Commissioned	21 February 1952
Identification	Pennant number: D35
Motto	Honor clarissima gemma (Latin: "Honour is the brightest jewel")
Fate	Scrapped at Rainham, Kent, 12 November 1981 ^[1]
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons, full load: 3,820 tons ^[1]
Length	391 ft (119 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion	54,000 shp (40 MW) 2 × Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F) 2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 × pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 × Squid anti submarine mortar