HMS Diamond (H22)

Diamond anchored at Hong Kong before World War II
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diamond
Ordered	2 February 1931
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Cost	£223,509
Laid down	29 September 1931
Launched	8 April 1932
Completed	3 November 1932
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 27 April 1941
General characteristics as built
Class and type	D-class destroyer
Displacement	1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard) 1,890 long tons (1,920 t) (deep)
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,870 nmi (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns 1 × 12-pounder (3 in (76.2 mm)) anti-aircraft gun 2 × 1 – QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mk II guns 2 × 4 – 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 (later 35) × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Diamond was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship spent the bulk of her career on the China Station. She was briefly assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1939 before she was transferred to West Africa for convoy escort duties. Diamond returned to the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1940 where she generally escorted convoys to and from Malta. The ship participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in November. Diamond was sunk by German aircraft on 27 April 1941 whilst evacuating Allied troops from Greece.