HMS Diomede (D92)

HMS Diomede in 1938.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Diomede
Ordered	March 1918
Builder	Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	3 June 1918
Launched	29 April 1919
Commissioned	October 1922
Decommissioned	5 April 1946
In service	1922
Out of service	1945
Identification	Pennant number: 92 (Jun 22); I.92 (1936); D.92 (1940)[1]
Motto	Fortibus Feroces Frangitur
Fate	Sold for scrap 13 May 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Danae-class cruiser
Displacement	4,850 tons
Length	471 ft 2 in (143.61 m)
Beam	46 ft 3 in (14.10 m)
Draught	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Propulsion	2 Parsons geared turbines driving 2 shafts
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h) 6,700 nautical miles (12,400 km) at 10 knots (20 km/h)
Endurance	24 days
Capacity	1,060 tons coal/oil
Complement	450
Electronic warfare & decoys	Type 273 Radar
Armament	6 × 6 in/45 BL Mark XII
Armour	Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Belt: 3 in (76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (150 mm)

HMS Diomede was a Danae-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Constructed at Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, she was constructed too late to take part in World War I and was completed at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth. Between the wars, she served on the China Station, Pacific waters, East Indies Waters and from 1936 onwards, in reserve. In World War II she performed four years of arduous war duty, during which time she captured the crew of the German blockade runner Idarwald after she had chased that ship and when the crew scuttled Idarwald. Between 22 July 1942 and 24 September 1943 she was converted to a training ship at Rosyth Dockyard. In 1945 she was placed in reserve and scrapped a year later.